New RNs making more than experienced RNs

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This is more of venting I guess. So I have almost 5 years of M/S experience. I have my BSN. I had 4 years of CNA experience. I left for about 1.5 years to go to an outpatient dialysis center but still stayed at the M/S job PRN. I am back at the M/S job and am offered to make $23.84. My sister in law got a job there and told me she was making $28 an hour. She is a new grad, with her Accociates, and no experience except a waitress for maybe a year. That was about 6 months ago. Now they are hiring more new RNs fresh out of school with their Accociates degree and they apparently are making more than the $28 an hour! This is so frustrating and not at all fair. What should I do about this? I have talked with my manager and HR about my pay before and they will not offer more, but I do get a yearly raise. I know you aren't supposed to talk about pay but my sister in law was excited about it and assumed I make more than her when really I don't. I have seen proof of the new grads making more, too, so it is true and not just a rumor.

Thanks everyone for the input. We are getting the next set of new grads, and they are making more than the previous new grads and they arent happy either! This is at a small hospital. The area is small as well. There are not many job opportunities at all, which is part of the problem... not a lot I can do. We are getting a new HR person soon and I'm going to talk to her about it. Although, some of my peers have discussed this with management and they dont care at all. There are people making barely more than me that have been here longer than me. I appreciate all the comments though! I just thought it was an unwritten rule and improper to talk about pay but everyone has shown me that's not so!

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Specializes in Telemetry Med/Surg.
9 hours ago, PeekaPooh said:

Even so it shouldn't affect the pay rate per hour. It would only affect the gross wages and net pay, no?

Well I actually opted out of benefits when I started nursing and was paid $10 more per hour, so that’s why I figured that could be why.

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On 2/9/2020 at 2:32 PM, bluescrubs said:

I'm a new grad and one of the call backs it got was for $27. I know someone that has her BSN and she was offered low 30's in a transplant unit as a new grad. Other people I've talked to that are new grads said they started in low to mid 20's. I guess it just depends on the area and department. But if new grads were making more than someone with experience in the same department, that's a concern. I know new grads need a lot more training so that cost more money. IDK if those new grads signed a 2 year contract where you are at.

I’ve been looking and can’t find work. Where did you get a call back from. Everyone is asking 1 year experience

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Specializes in Med/Surg, LTACH, LTC, Home Health.
On 2/9/2020 at 1:17 PM, Orion81RN said:

My company even made me sign a paper stating that I would not discuss pay. Such bs ?.

I have to believe that you signed this of your own free will. You may have felt coerced or intimidated, or simply thought you ‘had’ to sign it...I don’t know. But I’m pretty sure that if you challenged it, they’ll defend themselves by saying they didn’t ‘make’ you sign anything.?

Even my current job has a statement on particular forms that indicates failure to sign certain forms “COULD result” in the offer of employment being cancelled. So, I had a choice to make and I made it. I had no problem accepting what the form(s) were saying. But, I have the right to resign at any time, too. Also my choice.?

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On 2/9/2020 at 1:17 PM, Orion81RN said:

My company even made me sign a paper stating that I would not discuss pay. Such bs ?.

That is totally against federal law and the way employers underpay women and minorities for centuries

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