Has a civilian employer ever offered you less annual or hourly compensation based on your rank in the service??

My first job after retirement was initially tainted by the job offer. They knew I was retiring and used that as part of their package for hiring me. They stated that with my retirement I would be making... I said stop! My retirement has nothing to do with my future job here. If you will not pay me what others make because I have supplemental military retirement, then I will look elsewhere for employment. I got the full salary that none retirees get in the end. I thought it was extremely odd and disrespectful that they would even think such a thing was cool.

Sgt Christopher Wenzel It was never a factor for me when I got off active and received my first position with Sears Credit Central in fact it helped me get promoted to Floor Supervisor very quickly because of the my NCO Leadership skills as a Staff Sergeant. As I moved through college and the Army National Guard and OCS I kept my military service out of the equation when interviewing except to advise employers that I would be out of the loop for 2 to 3 weeks each summer for Annual Training. As I moved up to senior level positions in the civilian world along with the military I took lessons learned and management techniques back and forth from the military to my civilian occupation and visa versa. I was able to apply a lot learned both ways! Being an employer myslef of many veterans I never used rank as a hiring or salary justification for any position. When I advisertised a position I had a set salary in mind and that is what I stuck with no matter who the best candidate was for the position. I question an employer that would reduce the salary based on a veteran's rank period - being a veteran is like anyone else having job experience. If that employer was looking for more experience then he should have kept on looking, but to hire an individual that all the necessary skills desired for the position and reducing comepnsation is just wrong in my book. Again, this is my personal feeling and the way I would operate. I've know of other companies and individuals that operate this way - I would be hard pressed to accept a position, if I knew they were conducting their employment hiring this way! Again, just an opinion!

My rank hasn't been a factor, as far as I know, in any of the compensation packages since I got out. They were looking at years of experience, education and the responsibilities of the role