Archived Question about pay when changing workcenter?

[mandie89]

So, I recently had to change my availability during the week due to personal reasons. I've been full-time Electronics for two years now and make slightly more in pay than someone who is just on the sales floor just because it's a specialty department. I now am only able to work four and a half hours at night during the week with open availability on the weekends. My TL told me that because I don't have full open availability anymore, I'm going to be moved to hardlines while I'm there and hopefully in Electronics on the weekends. Does this mean I'll lose my Electronics pay (I know 50% or more of your shifts need to be in Electronics to qualify for that pay) even though I've received two raises while being in that department, or is this an ASANTS thing?

 

[Yetive]

If they key you as hardlines, you will lose 50 cents/hour. Just double check with TL or HR that they are going to leave you keyed as Electronics. Someone has to change how you are keyed. Nothing changes automatically based on what percent of shifts you work in each area.

 

[HRZone]

If they key you as hardlines, you will lose 50 cents/hour. Just double check with TL or HR that they are going to leave you keyed as Electronics. Someone has to change how you are keyed. Nothing changes automatically based on what percent of shifts you work in each area.

Spot on, they could easily just schedule you in hardlines without rekeying you but they may key you as hardlines.

While it sucks in principle, its only a cut of 50 cents an hour and with you working 4 hours a week that comes out to like 8-10 bucks a month. Miniscule difference.

 

[redeye58]

I now am only able to work four and a half hours at night during the week with open availability on the weekends.

Pretty sure they'll be working more than one shift.

 

[GoodyNN]

I was hired at service desk with a bump in pay (don't know if it was actually a different pay grade due to workcenter or not) and due to an availability change moved to cashier with occasional shifts at the desk. They left me at the higher pay until annual reviews came around in April, and the performance raise offset the loss of the pay bump I had gotten for being service desk.

 

[mandie89]

I'll have to talk to HR about it and see what happens since the schedule they're writing right now is when my availability goes into effect.

 

[BadWolf4531]

I was hired at service desk with a bump in pay (don't know if it was actually a different pay grade due to workcenter or not) and due to an availability change moved to cashier with occasional shifts at the desk. They left me at the higher pay until annual reviews came around in April, and the performance raise offset the loss of the pay bump I had gotten for being service desk.

Service desk and cashiers are the same paygrade.

 

[Yetive]

Sounds like she started before the new paygrades. There was more leeway then.

 

[BadWolf4531]

Sounds like she started before the new paygrades. There was more leeway then.

They have been the same paygrade for at least 10 years. She was probably just hired above base, for whatever reason. But that's why they couldn't decrease her pay, moving from Service Desk to Cashier, because those workcenters are at the same paygrade.

 

[Yetive]

Yes, that's what I meant. Now, you really don't have the same discretion with pay when hiring.