When does less experience= higher pay?

Consider that you are FT and may be getting some benefits that a PT may not receive and it shows up in hourly pay. I got news for everybody lies

You're absolutely right... people lie all the time. I'don't like to think of us as friends though and I have a hard time finding a reason for her to make up such a lie... but then again some people make up lies for no reason at all. The fact that she may be lying all together and probably making the base rate and nothing more is what holds me back from inquiring about it at the level of the recruiter, at this moment. We both are working for an agency right now. They offer a benefits package once you've been working FT and 3 months. Being that it is agency work, you're not always at FT status, they don't take away your eligibility if you can't make 36+ hours each week after you've been working for 3 months. So I consider myself full time because most of my weeks are full time weeks. But I'm not sure how long that will last either. Hopefully, at least till Christmas. But you're not offered more because you're PT. There's the base rate and then they make an offer based on years of experience. I've been working as a nurse for 3 years, declined the benefits package. She's been a nurse for 2 years and she's been working with this agency for about 3 weeks now. Not sure if she's accepting benefits or not but in this area they generally don't offer higher pay in lieu of benefits. At least not where I've worked. I usually decline benefits because my husband carries the whole family and when I've asked about getting more $ it's a 'no'. She's allowed to get FT hours and even over time whenever she wants as well, making her eligible for the same benefits that were eventually offered to me.

But it could be a very real possibility that she's not being 100% honest too. I'm still debating whether to speak up about it though...

How do I speak up about it effectively? I want to say something about it, ask for an increase even if it IS true that she's getting more. I don't want to get her into any trouble and I don't want to out myself in a position where they stop giving me available shifts. Their homecare division s that way in that they'll stop using a nurse for whatever reason and won't even tell them...

I once worked for a company that ended up hiring new employees at a higher rate than current employees (even those with several years experience) simply because we were short on staff and the market rate had increased. So, to attract quality employees to fill the shifts, they had to offer more. Eventually, those of us who had been there awhile were given appropriate pay adjustments (after we lost several good staff members I might add).

This is a tricky subject to approach. One thing to consider is checking into what other agencies in your area are paying and present it as you've done some market surveying and this is what you've discovered.

I also agree with previous poster who noted that often FT have a lower pay than PT employees as benefit packages are calculated in. Also, unfortunately the expenses/ lifestyle an employee has is typically a consideration in pay rate.