ShakyJake
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Generally speaking, the term "equal pay for equal work" is used in the context of sexual discrimination. But I have an interesting situation -- could this discrimination be applied to other factors, namely, education?
Here's the situation: a couple years back I was promoted to a software engineering position. Previously I was in operations and, of course, the pay is significantly less than what engineers earn. Upon promotion I was given about a 20% pay increase. However, I learned just recently that it is still significantly less than what the other engineers earn (one in particularly was hired shortly before my promotion so it's not a factor of seniority).
What's been striking is that in regards to performance and knowledge I blow most of these guys away. It would be different if I was truly a junior and unable to contribute much. But it's been quite the opposite. I often take lead on projects and, if I had been absent, there would have been either significant delays in getting a release out or the team would have needed to pull in external resources to get shit done.
It was implied that since I do not have an engineering degree that it justifies the lower compensation. However, whether I earned that piece of paper two decades ago is completely irrelevant to my performance. Clearly it has not helped these other guys. So I'm wondering would the argument of "equal pay for equal work" apply in this situation? It's not sexual discrimination, obviously, but educational discrimination.
Here's the situation: a couple years back I was promoted to a software engineering position. Previously I was in operations and, of course, the pay is significantly less than what engineers earn. Upon promotion I was given about a 20% pay increase. However, I learned just recently that it is still significantly less than what the other engineers earn (one in particularly was hired shortly before my promotion so it's not a factor of seniority).
What's been striking is that in regards to performance and knowledge I blow most of these guys away. It would be different if I was truly a junior and unable to contribute much. But it's been quite the opposite. I often take lead on projects and, if I had been absent, there would have been either significant delays in getting a release out or the team would have needed to pull in external resources to get shit done.
It was implied that since I do not have an engineering degree that it justifies the lower compensation. However, whether I earned that piece of paper two decades ago is completely irrelevant to my performance. Clearly it has not helped these other guys. So I'm wondering would the argument of "equal pay for equal work" apply in this situation? It's not sexual discrimination, obviously, but educational discrimination.