Originally Posted by Scoop

Guys,

I guess I am just in a contrarian type of mood but I am against pay banding. I like having different rates and being able to bid for maximum seniority or maximum pay-rates.

When I was hired I stayed on the panel a lot longer than most of my classmates because I valued seniority. If we go to pay banding seniority will basically become linear based on hire date. Guys who would be willing to trade $$$ for seniority will have zero flexibility to achieve this. At least now guys can bid for seniority, or if we were actually hiring bid for seniority, or at least dream of bidding for seniority, or at least .........

Well you get the point.

Scoop