"There was a mistake in your offer package" - an 18% drop in salary after I accepted and started at a huge company. Do I have any options?
I recently accepted a job offer at a huge company, and after I finished onboarding, I went to check my salary in their employee portal and found that it didn't match the offer letter I signed.
I spoke to HR about it and sent them the offer letter as proof, and their response was basically that the original number had been entered incorrectly and that my actual compensation is 18% lower.
Honestly, I don't have the savings or the mental energy to get into a legal case against a huge international company. And honestly, I don't expect I'd win anyway. My manager is treating it like it's just an HR problem and that no one can do anything, since he wasn't the one who entered the wrong number.
The frustrating part is that I still want the job. Even with the 18% reduction, the salary is still good and the opportunity is great. But it feels insane to simply accept "oops, our bad" after I signed and started.
Is there anything realistic I can do here other than swallow the pay cut?