In 2020, Zandi started working as a lecturer at UFH in the management and commerce faculty and earns R20 000 a month. She enjoys her job and was happy with her salary until she spoke to her friend who works in the Science faculty in Alice and found out that her friend earns R25 000! She also looked online and saw that she could get a similar job at UCT and earn R30 000 a month, although she would have to teach more classes. Now she is very angry and upset. It is affecting how she feels about her job, as she thinks her colleagues are abusing her and that they don’t value her. Read up on the concepts of internal, external and individual equity and explain to Zandi why these differences might occur. What should HR do in this instance?
In 2020, Zandi started working as a lecturer at UFH in the management
and commerce faculty and earns R20 000 a month. She enjoys her job and
was happy with her salary until she spoke to her friend who works in
the Science faculty in Alice and found out that her friend earns R25
000! She also looked online and saw that she could get a similar job
at UCT and earn R30 000 a month, although she would have to teach more
classes.
Now she is very angry and upset. It is affecting how she feels about
her job, as she thinks her colleagues are abusing her and that they
don’t value her.
Read up on the concepts of internal, external and individual equity
and explain to Zandi why these differences might occur. What should HR
do in this instance?


