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Hi all,
There is a role in my company that I want to apply for - it has not been internally promoted however my manager has told me that there is two potential roles that he could see me doing.
One of the roles available used to be carried out by a former colleague of ours, however sadly, he suddenly passed away earlier this year. Because of that, my manager has been care taking about 50-60% of the role until the right person comes along.
I have expressed my interest in applying for this role, and my manager is waiting on their boss to confirm. With this role I would like to apply for, I know for a fact how much this colleague was on 'salary wise' before he died - not only did he tell me, but so did a former colleague who was quite 'well-in' with my manager.
My manager has point blankly said to me face to face, there is no more money left in the pot with either of the two roles in the pipeline - including this role that this former colleague had before he died.
To make matters worse, I have seen a job for this role advertised on a recruitment website with the salary being more than my currently salary. Before you ask, this role being advertised is 100% the role that I wish to apply for and its been confirmed by a former colleague that used to use this recruitment agency.
With this role, I will be responsible for the delivery of more financial targets, yet there is no more money left in the pot to pay the salary that 1. the former colleague was being paid and 2. the min salary the role is paying on job advert.
I am convinced there is some sort of discrimination going on here potentially borderline illegal. Can someone please clarify if there is any wrong doing here and how I should approach the matter? I have my appraisal in a few weeks which would be an appropriate time to discuss the matter. The way in which I discuss it will need to be defined as well - my manager is the type of manager who will stamp down any objections they face and 'worm' themselves out of a tough situation or if it is something that they don't like hearing. I don't want this person to make my life hell if it is something I confront them about.
All or any help would be greatly appreciated.
There is a role in my company that I want to apply for - it has not been internally promoted however my manager has told me that there is two potential roles that he could see me doing.
One of the roles available used to be carried out by a former colleague of ours, however sadly, he suddenly passed away earlier this year. Because of that, my manager has been care taking about 50-60% of the role until the right person comes along.
I have expressed my interest in applying for this role, and my manager is waiting on their boss to confirm. With this role I would like to apply for, I know for a fact how much this colleague was on 'salary wise' before he died - not only did he tell me, but so did a former colleague who was quite 'well-in' with my manager.
My manager has point blankly said to me face to face, there is no more money left in the pot with either of the two roles in the pipeline - including this role that this former colleague had before he died.
To make matters worse, I have seen a job for this role advertised on a recruitment website with the salary being more than my currently salary. Before you ask, this role being advertised is 100% the role that I wish to apply for and its been confirmed by a former colleague that used to use this recruitment agency.
With this role, I will be responsible for the delivery of more financial targets, yet there is no more money left in the pot to pay the salary that 1. the former colleague was being paid and 2. the min salary the role is paying on job advert.
I am convinced there is some sort of discrimination going on here potentially borderline illegal. Can someone please clarify if there is any wrong doing here and how I should approach the matter? I have my appraisal in a few weeks which would be an appropriate time to discuss the matter. The way in which I discuss it will need to be defined as well - my manager is the type of manager who will stamp down any objections they face and 'worm' themselves out of a tough situation or if it is something that they don't like hearing. I don't want this person to make my life hell if it is something I confront them about.
All or any help would be greatly appreciated.
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