#SalaryDisparity #EqualPay #WorkplaceEquality
Feeling undervalued and underpaid at work is a common experience, and it can be incredibly frustrating to find out that a colleague who is underqualified is making more money than you. It’s natural to feel disappointed, confused, and even a bit angry in this situation. But before you make any decisions, it’s important to take a step back and carefully consider your options.
Here are some steps you can take to address the situation and advocate for fair pay:
##1. Evaluate Your Contributions
Before jumping to conclusions or feeling resentful, take some time to objectively assess your contributions to the company. Consider the following:
– Are you consistently meeting or exceeding expectations in your role?
– Have you taken on additional responsibilities or tasks without compensation?
– Have you brought in any significant cost savings or revenue increases to the company?
By showcasing your value and contributions to the company, you can build a stronger case for a raise or salary adjustment.
##2. Have a Conversation with Your Manager
Schedule a meeting with your manager to discuss your concerns about salary inequities. Approach the conversation in a professional and non-confrontational manner. Be prepared to provide specific examples of how your skills and performance warrant a higher salary.
##3. Research Salary Data
Do some research on industry standards and salary ranges for your position. Websites like Glassdoor, Payscale, and LinkedIn Salary can provide valuable insights into what others in your field are earning. Use this data to support your argument for a raise.
##4. Consider Negotiating
If you feel confident in your contributions and have done your research, consider negotiating for a higher salary. Present your case to your manager and be prepared to make a compelling argument for why you deserve to be paid more.
##5. Seek Legal Advice
If you suspect that there may be discriminatory practices at play or if you feel that you are being unfairly compensated, consider seeking legal advice. Employment laws vary by country, so it’s important to understand your rights and options.
##6. Stay Professional
Regardless of the outcome, it’s important to maintain a professional attitude and demeanor. Avoid gossiping or spreading rumors about your colleague’s salary. Focus on your own performance and let your work speak for itself.
In conclusion, finding out that a colleague with less experience is making more money can be demoralizing, but it’s important to advocate for fair pay and address the situation proactively. By taking the steps outlined above, you can work towards achieving a salary that aligns with your skills and contributions. Remember, you have the right to be paid equitably for your work, so don’t be afraid to speak up and advocate for yourself. Good luck! 💪🏽👩🏽💼
He negotiated, you didn’t.
Talk to HR?
Tell them you want a bump.
EZ.
First of all, stop helping him. Make him go ask management for guidance and help. You’re making him look like he’s worth his salary.
Also, I am executive at a company and I hire all of our salaried employees and managers. If anyone ever asks me what the job pays, I go lowball on the number expecting them to counter. If they don’t, great. If they do we negotiate based on their experience and talent.
Watch YouTube videos about negotiating salary going into a new job. It’s way easier to make a big stride at that point. Big raises almost never happen without promotions.
Your buddy was at least skilled in this.
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About all you can do is start acting your wage.
Don’t help him. If you are busy, refer everyone to him. It’s not illegal to see his contract. Ask someone to clarify the pay difference. I would do my own thing, let him sink or swim. Eventually, word will get back to management.
Essentially the more you help “John”, the more he benefits in performance and probably pay over you. You need to step it up on your own to showcase your strengths in your work, not his. His issues are not yours of concern.
Stop helping John and let him fail, after all, he’s getting the big bucks off of your support and good nature. The more you help him, the less of a need you become and the reciprocity will not be returned to you. One day if john gets a promotion because of you, then what?
Promotions almost always goes to those who know and do far less.
You think he’s dumb but he negotiated a better salary than you 😂
10 years ago I was in your position. This is what I’ve learned.
Better communicators get better pay than a better performer. Be out there and express yourself.
Use the two years to learn and practice.
Help ‘John’ and communicate that to your manager (that you are mentoring John). It should not come out as a compliment or criticism, it should look like you are contributing to the team’s success by supporting difficult tasks. Tell your manager that you volunteer to be a mentor looks like you are already doing it, take credit for it.
When it’s time for bonuses or performance evaluation go in prepared with a record of how you improved team’s performance. And do not hesitate to ask for a pay bump.
Honestly, he may have negotiated it and you didn’t.
What you can do though is stop helping people who are at your same level unless you’re collaborating. Talk to your supervisor on a raise at your next review (aka you’ve been here 6 months, you’ve accomplished xyz and mention saving the company that $20k and other similar examples), say you’d like a 25% salary increase (settle for 20%) and be on your way.
Talk to your manager. Inform them you need to be paid equally especially given you do the majority of work. Also inform them you won’t be handholding your coworker as long as they are paid more, they should be doing more.
If they insist on paying you less, then stop working as hard.
To re-iterate, stop helping your coworker. Don’t sabotage him. Simply point them to the documentation for the task they are asking for help with but don’t do it for them or walk them through it. They’re on their own once you give them the docs.
Is he in a different city or state? I’ve seen companies base compensation off of location (i.e. California residents get paid more than residents of Tennessee) due to CoL differences.
I would quite quit the hell out of that job. No more helping, just doing the bare minimum. No more heart & soul.
Your anger is misplaced… you’ve been there for 5 months, they probably did not predict that you were going to be a better employee than your coworker. Since your contract is up for renewal, now is your time to respectfully ask for a higher wage based off of your performance metrics.
I’m assuming OP was offered a really nice package to agree to a 2 year agreement that he’d have to pay back 20k
OP sounds like you messed up at hire and should have negotiated better as your colleague did.
Can you not sign the contract until they match what John making. Say if not they can fire you. Then you don’t have to give back the 20k or tell them you’re going on leave and never return until after 2 years.
There’s other subs for unethical advice lolll
Sounds like you’re better than John at everything… except negotiating. Tough. Shit.
Tell john you can no longer help as you have too many tasks to deal with and ignore his requests. If he asks, give vague answers.
Suck it up and keeping going. What can you do? Just be grateful you got the job at all. Being jealous isn’t gonna help. Life sucks sometimes
You didn’t negotiate as well as he did. Now you know to negotiate harder with your next job
Also, stop putting the company above yourself. Who cares if things will fall apart if you leave for a few days? The company will never have any idea how much you contribute if you don’t let them fail when you’re gone. And if your teammate leaves all the work until you get back then be vocal about it.
My teammate doesn’t do as much as I do and gets paid more. I’ve been very vocal about it recently and it’s resulted in about a 15-16% raise.
You agreed to do a job for X amount. You were presumably happy with that amount before. Nothing has changed other than you.
Focusing on what other people have is a great way to be miserable. My advice is deal with it and perhaps in the future place more value on yourself when negotiating a salary.
I don’t understand the comments trying to make this your fault, OP. This situation sucks and the company intentionally withheld information from you, lying to you about hard limits for the role.
Tip for future negotiations: when someone tells you about hard limits, tell them that it’s your experience that hard limits don’t exist (which they don’t, it’s all made up) and if they want to hire you, they can easily write an email or pick up their phone to get an exception to pay you more. Same goes for exploding offers by the way, if they really want you, they can wait for your other interviews to finish.
First, stop helping. Cold turkey. Hard. “I’ve helped you this far, you’re ready to go your own way now.” Tell them how great they are doing and that you believe in them even if you don’t, whatever it takes, stop helping. If they complain about you, tell your superiors that helping will affect your performance and that they can promote you if they want you to be the other person’s superior (minimum 40% raise), until then you view the situation as an individual contributor and do your own work.
Perform your work at the same level you did before and use the extra time you’re not spending on helping your underqualified colleague to search for new jobs that will buy you out of your contract. You know now that you’re worth more than they are paying, use that knowledge to negotiate hard with your next employer.
It seems like you are stuck for the two years. Just start planning now for how you can leave as soon as your time is up.
Also, maybe don’t provide your coworker with so much support.
Hmm sounds like he has a social network, he knows some one who knows some one. Which honestly is incredibly smart for him. You can argue how you’re mere technically oriented, perform better, work harder but in the last hundres of thousands of years indicate anything it’s always about who u know.
How does that explain the difference in salary? He had an advocate in the company higher up more likely.
If he negotiated a better pay, good for him. It sucks for you but there is nothing you can do about it.
What you can do is stop helping him. Say sorry man I have my tasks/ projects to focus on.
Good luck.
Sorry. Millions of things could be at play here. But the most likely scenario is that his previous time at the company coupled with some savvy salary negotiations have resulted in him getting a better salary. The best time to negotiate salary is before you agree to accept a job. As bad as that is you can learned that early in your career and you will negotiate better terms. Also, this two year contract with 20k penalty, please say you got a signing bonus?
You could stop helping him so much, if your not his boss or manager then direct him to the boss or manager whenever he has questions.
Whats happening is basically you’re covering his poor performance.
Then wait until your 2 years are up and then leave.
At least if they fire you for not helping then you won’t have to pay the 20k and will be free to look for a new job.
Did you take what was offered or try to negotiate pay? It sounds as though he definitely negotiated better than you did in his interview/offer process for his starting wage.
You guys have only been there since September so it’s unlikely they gave him raises and not you or anything like that.
No one to be annoyed with but yourself when it comes down to it.
But id definitely sit back and let his under qualifications show through. Then bring this up at review time
Did he negotiate?
Easy solution: start looking for new jobs, stop helping your coworker.
Have you directly compared resumes?
Lol. Why are you focusing on how much he makes. If you’re so curious, maybe confirm his background. He maybe has a degree or certification more than you, which nowadays doesn’t equate to more knowledge, but companies do consider it. He may have also negotiated better, or is maybe more likeable. All this is to say you never know why he’s getting more and you shouldn’t have to. Focus on your job and if you’re as good as you say you are, in short time you will meet and surpass his salary level. Either that or you can leverage this position for a better paying one outside the company .
Boy, that sucks…