Comments on: Don’t price yourself out of the market http://insight.badenochandclark.com/accounting-finance/23/11/2009/dont-price-yourself-out-of-the-market/1359/ Market commentary, news and analysis from recruitment consultants Badenoch & Clark Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:03:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mikehttp://insight.badenochandclark.com/accounting-finance/23/11/2009/dont-price-yourself-out-of-the-market/1359/comment-page-1/#comment-90 Mike Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:40:41 +0000 http://www.market-talk.co.uk/?p=1359#comment-90 Joining any larger company for a longer term means you will fall quickly into their annual cycle of pay review. These are minimal or even zero in the current environment. Also, in many the room for salary improvement is closely linked to grade increases, and incremental salary jumps are purposely kept to a minimum.So this does encourage an applicant to ensure they get into the company on the strongest possible salary at the time of joining. The days of 'proving your worth' are gone as companies can fall back on their salary structure as a way of keeping future salary rises to a minimum. Even more so in the current environment where the employer has more power. Joining any larger company for a longer term means you will fall quickly into their annual cycle of pay review. These are minimal or even zero in the current environment. Also, in many the room for salary improvement is closely linked to grade increases, and incremental salary jumps are purposely kept to a minimum.

So this does encourage an applicant to ensure they get into the company on the strongest possible salary at the time of joining. The days of ‘proving your worth’ are gone as companies can fall back on their salary structure as a way of keeping future salary rises to a minimum. Even more so in the current environment where the employer has more power.

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