[tfehring]

The comment you replied to seems to be targeted at managers trying to advocate for their teams, not at individual contributors trying to advocate for themselves. I agree that reaching out to the compensation team as an IC is generally not going to be an appropriate or effective way to get a raise. But for managers, working with HR on issues like that is just part of the job.

[HelloMcFly]

Thank you, yes. This is not an uncommon managerial problem that is often resolved (not always; I've had both experiences), though perhaps not in a timely manner.

[Loughla]

I'm currently fighting this. The benchmark for my team is 10-15% lower than just our area. And 30-40% lower than the nation. And it's because we get lumped in with lower skilled titles because of the title scheme on our campus.

I can't get any traction with admin or HR, and we're both hemorrhaging people and can't bring in qualified new candidates.

It's very frustrating.

[staticautomatic]

I just went through this last week and the trick was getting my finance director to tell HR that she approved the higher amount I wanted to offer. HR will play games with your budget until you take the excuse away.

[Loughla]

The problem is the Dean for that area (is a college by the way) is a cowardly little chicken shit bitch who will not rock the boat for any reason.

We have history if you couldn't tell.

[datavirtue]

My company just googles the position title and slaps that number in the job description. Not going well.