Is including differential and required overtime in salary history allowed?

Hello,

I'm wondering if it is common or allowed to include differential and required overtime in salary history. For instance in my situation it is about 15% more income when I include the latter.

I would also like to know if given an opportunity for promotion would it be standard for the company to take total compensation into consideration or base rate?

Thanks!

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TheFORCE

When you are promoted from within the same company the company will usually only increase your salary of your base rate, they will not include anything else.

When you are looking for jobs outside of your company you can negotiate your total compensation package, including OT, training, re-reimbursement etc etc. If you make 45K as your base but you put in enough overtime hours where your salary gets bumped to 55K then when you go to a new job you give me the 55K number not the 45K. I do not do overtime anymore but my company pays for mileage and the phone bill, I include that as a total compensation even though they are not part of the base salary.

joelsfood

Theforce has it just right, when you're negotiating your new compensation package, you include everything you used to get, unless you're willing to give it up. That's the number to give potential new employer. it's up to them to accept it, or come back with arguments to lower ie We're offering X less, but that includes company paid life insurance, company paid mileage and parking, company paid internet.

Worst thing you can do is go throught he process and realize that you've suddenly moved into a position making 10% less, once, all the math is done. Unless youd id it knowingly due to other advantages (work from home, shorter cmomute, etc)

Queue

Thank you for the responses!

It would be terrible to be in another position with more responsibility with the same or less pay after it all adds up.

TechGromit

Queue wrote: »

I'm wondering if it is common or allowed to include differential and required overtime in salary history.

Absolutely not, lying on your resume is a federal crime, you'll get 3 to 5 years for that buddy.

Not.