Dear All,
I am working in a Medical College as Executive Secretary for the last 14 years. My total experience is 40 years.
My pay was Rs.55000 in 2015 when the COO ordered freeze on my pay verbally saying there would not be any
raise in pay. In 2016 the CAO handled my pay, said there was financial crisis and reduced it to 40000.
i.e. Rs.15000 straight cut in pay that was already frozen. At the same time some of the employees were given
increments and many were given rises at their will and pleasure without any order. In 2017 (after 11 months with
40000) my pay was restored to 55000. Now from 1st Jan 18 all non-teaching employees (333) except me were
given 10-20% rise in salary. I requested the COO to refund Rs.15000/-pm deducted as I have not been considered
for hike.
My question is since my pay was already frozen in 2015, can the management again reduce my pay from 55000 to 40000? what is the recourse I can choose?
Please advise me .
Thanking you,
Jagannadham Rachakonda
Executive Secretary/ Sr.Manager
From India, Vijayawada
I am working in a Medical College as Executive Secretary for the last 14 years. My total experience is 40 years.
My pay was Rs.55000 in 2015 when the COO ordered freeze on my pay verbally saying there would not be any
raise in pay. In 2016 the CAO handled my pay, said there was financial crisis and reduced it to 40000.
i.e. Rs.15000 straight cut in pay that was already frozen. At the same time some of the employees were given
increments and many were given rises at their will and pleasure without any order. In 2017 (after 11 months with
40000) my pay was restored to 55000. Now from 1st Jan 18 all non-teaching employees (333) except me were
given 10-20% rise in salary. I requested the COO to refund Rs.15000/-pm deducted as I have not been considered
for hike.
My question is since my pay was already frozen in 2015, can the management again reduce my pay from 55000 to 40000? what is the recourse I can choose?
Please advise me .
Thanking you,
Jagannadham Rachakonda
Executive Secretary/ Sr.Manager
From India, Vijayawada
Dear Mr Jagannadham Rachakonda,
Going by the sequence of events that you have mentioned, there is a room to believe that your management wishes you to hang up your boots. Since you have served for 14 long years with total length of service lasting close to 40 years, they have not told you directly that you are over the hill but sent message indirectly by reducing your salary. However, you dug your hills in and continued. Now in 2018, second time your management has sent a signal that you are persona non grata by not giving any hike in salary.
Executive Secretaries are expected to be influential persons as they work directly under the top bosses. Even senior managers respect them because of their position. In your case, you could be exerting influence on the top boss but this has not stopped them from belittling you!
Now you have two options. One is to keep working irrespective of what remuneration that your management gives. This is the pre-dusk era of your career therefore, you may continue to lay your hand on whatever you get! Second one is to tender resignation to avoid further embarrassment of yourself. The choice is yours!
Thanks,
Dinesh Divekar
From India, Bangalore
7884Going by the sequence of events that you have mentioned, there is a room to believe that your management wishes you to hang up your boots. Since you have served for 14 long years with total length of service lasting close to 40 years, they have not told you directly that you are over the hill but sent message indirectly by reducing your salary. However, you dug your hills in and continued. Now in 2018, second time your management has sent a signal that you are persona non grata by not giving any hike in salary.
Executive Secretaries are expected to be influential persons as they work directly under the top bosses. Even senior managers respect them because of their position. In your case, you could be exerting influence on the top boss but this has not stopped them from belittling you!
Now you have two options. One is to keep working irrespective of what remuneration that your management gives. This is the pre-dusk era of your career therefore, you may continue to lay your hand on whatever you get! Second one is to tender resignation to avoid further embarrassment of yourself. The choice is yours!
Thanks,
Dinesh Divekar
From India, Bangalore
Dear Mr. Dinesh,
Thank you very much for your prompt reply. Of course, it almost indicates to the same what you said.
I will try to follow your advice sincerely.
My point you may please clarify: is it justified in any way that once the salary is frozen (for me freeze means from
both sides - no more no less - it seized at that stage); when they said financial difficulty (in fact they failed to manage
their resources properly) they chose 13 people and reduced 20% to 12 out of 13 and 15125/- straight cut from me making it 40000/- from 55125/-(20% works out to 11000/-only). Isn't discriminatory on their part? It amounts to double punishment for being sincere.
If possible please enlighten me whether wage freeze and pay cut in a discriminatory manner can go at the same time. Thank you once again for your kind advice.
Jagannadham Rachakonda
Executive Secretary / Sr.Manager
From India, Vijayawada
Thank you very much for your prompt reply. Of course, it almost indicates to the same what you said.
I will try to follow your advice sincerely.
My point you may please clarify: is it justified in any way that once the salary is frozen (for me freeze means from
both sides - no more no less - it seized at that stage); when they said financial difficulty (in fact they failed to manage
their resources properly) they chose 13 people and reduced 20% to 12 out of 13 and 15125/- straight cut from me making it 40000/- from 55125/-(20% works out to 11000/-only). Isn't discriminatory on their part? It amounts to double punishment for being sincere.
If possible please enlighten me whether wage freeze and pay cut in a discriminatory manner can go at the same time. Thank you once again for your kind advice.
Jagannadham Rachakonda
Executive Secretary / Sr.Manager
From India, Vijayawada
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