Originally Posted by
stevebintley
I find myself at a crossroad in my life and could take the jump with a career change. Out of interest I was perusing the BA site and found a role I genuinely think I could bring a lot to and would find extremely interesting. However it’s the typical “competitive” salary.
As a recruiter myself I always find it annoying when individuals apply with wildly inaccurate expectations. But when looking at such a different area than one’s used to, how to know?
I’m assuming BA has certain job ‘levels’ with associated ranges per business unit - are these visible anywhere? Or are there any trusted internal members willing to accept a PM and give a ballpark figure? I wouldn’t expect to be at the top of a range, but I also don’t want to waste BA’s time or mine if certain essentials would no longer be manageable…
Most roles are classed as band 1/2/3 and within those bands you have different starting salary salary, if the job you are looking at fall into that category. Your salary increase will mostly be dependant on performance and how the company is doing.
Other roles which do not fall into the banded categories may have a legacy scale which determines how pay rise is negotiated e.g. incremental or negotiated by union.