I have been wondering about my pay rate for some time, and recently looked up the HR / compensation policies.
I had five years credited experience (job requirement was for two years) in my field when I started my current job plus an associate's degree in a related field.
When I started questioning HR, they stated that they "subtracted 3 years experience so that I would meet the minimum entrance requirements." It says nothing about this under their "crediting experience" documents.
How can they just arbitrarily discredit experience?
I am a little hot under the collar over this.