SUPERVISOR FINDS OUT THAT HIS STAFF’S BASIC SALARY HIGHER THAN HIS, “SHOULD I QUIT”

Should I stay or find a new job

Working as a team lead (TL) and accidentally received internal email from HR that contains basic salary of all employees (up to TL level).

Due to this, I came to know that some subordinates receive higher basic salary than most of the TL.

Overall salary wise, TL level still get higher salary as the incentive/bonus for TL level is more.

Being a good employee, I reported this to my manager and lied that I have deleted the email.

However, few months after this incident, I asked my manager if employees can negotiate salary during contract renewal, which she said cannot.

Would like to get some advice if it is better to stay on the current job or find a new one?

Thanks!

Netizens’ comments

1. The only way to get a higher pay is to either get promoted or work for a different company. Maybe ask yourself what’s making you stay in your current job, and whether receiving a lower base salary than your subordinates sits well with you?
2. Think carefully what are your push factors for wanting to leave? The fact that your manager is not being fair to the employees who are unable to nego their salary during contract renewal? Do you feel an emotional baggage to it?
3. But yeah. Salary stuff sucks. I used to always go around asking and sharing salaries with other colleagues but lately I find that all that does is fuel dissatisfaction. Some people are just really really lucky/good at negotiation, while others really sucks. So I just don’t bother anymore. I just try to find out what’s the pay range of my positon+experience and judge whether I’m being shortchanged by that.
4. I think its quite normal for new hires to get higher basic than existing staff. A lot of companies’ hr policy are screwed in a such a way. But if i were you, if my comp is competitive against market, with opportunity to climb and i am happy working there, i will stay. If not, then time to update resume with your team lead experience in it.