'I will not be disrespected like that': Employee discovers new hire got offered more money for the same job, quits on the spot

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Jul 16, 2023 8:00 AM EDT

We know all too well at this point that your boss is not your friend. No matter how much it seems like they have your back, they almost certainly do not. Because the person above them and the person above them have tasks and duties and quotas for your boss to complete and fulfill. That's what your boss ultimately has to prioritize. Your pay and emotional well-being at the company? That's low priority, no matter how much "family talk" is thrown around on a day-to-day basis.

 

This thread was posted to Reddit by u/PmZ_Xt, who was promised a promotion once a new position was filled. The company had been looking to fill this position for four months now, and in the meantime, the remaining responsibilities were split between OP and their boss. Eventually, they did find someone, but it did not take long for the Redditor to learn that this new hire was making more than OP. When OP confronted their manager about this, they heard what I presume so many of us assumed about the state of hiring these days: in order to get people on board with competitive offers, you need to really "buy them," so to speak (a phrase that in and of itself makes me sick). Unfortunately, that does not mean ensuring that current employees are compensated fairly as a result. Thankfully, OP had enough sense to get out while they still could.

 

Keep scrolling below to learn about the full encounter. For more posts like this, check out this story about coworker in-fighting.

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    Sleeve - "A new hire got offered more money than me for the same job."
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    Font - A new hire got offered more money than me for the same job. I'm just here to have a little bit of a rant as i don't really have anyone to talk to. So the company i work for has been looking for someone to fill an open position for about 4 months now. It's for the same position as i currently have. The idea being that i would get promoted once the position was filled. Currently the manager and i share the reponsibilities of the job i would be promoted to.
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    Font - Being understaffed the both of us were absolutely swamped. I never complained. Yeah, there were some disagreements but who doesn't have those in times of stress? The pay is decent and i used to think the manager was a decent person as well.
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    Font - The only other person that i thought was paid equal to me was our warehouse guy. Which i thought was odd as i have more responsibilities, way more experience and know more about our field. But seeing the work he does and all the overtime he puts in i honestly was ok with that. He's also usually the first one to come in and when needed he is the last one to go. (We stay late with him of course but this guy doesn't know when to stop.)
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    Font - now i recently found out that the warehouse guy made a little bit more than me. That kinda stung. But again, dude works hard and put in a lot of overtime and it wasn't a huge number so i decided it wasn't a big deal. Cut to today.
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    Font - I overheard a conversation i wasn't to hear. We finally found to fill my position. supposed someone problem is that the manager decided to offer him sub more money than i substantially make. The guy accepted and the manager seemed to be over the moon to have a new guy aboard.
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    Font - Right up until the moment i confronted him. Asking him why a new hire would get a higher salary than me. his reponse: "You have to buy people these days. And if you want to talk about this right now then you'll be disappointed with the end result."
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    Human body - Told him not to worry and to keep the ad for the open position up as i won't be coming in anymore. it. i quit.
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    Font - I did not have anything lined up and to be honest i feel kinda dumb just leaving like that. However, i will not be disrespected like that. him. I feel pretty confident i can get another job pretty soon anyway.
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    Font - Ninja-Panda86 · 20 hr. ago It's a phenomenon known as Wage Compression. You can look it up. But the TLDR is that companies will try to keep you at the permanent wage rate of when you were hired. So if you're hired in 2018, they'll try to keep you stuck on 2018 prices. Moral of it is to leave about every four years so you can get a new market wage. 1.3k Reply Share
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    Font - ResultAnxious901 22 hr. ago This is what happens when you stay at a job too long, and these days that happens pretty quick. 1.1k Reply Share
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    Font - ProfessorGluttony. 21 hr. ago at work Companies' hiring budget is always higher than retention budget. I'm a chemist with 7 years experience and went through this. I was in my position 4 years at the time when fresh from college, no experience new hires were being hired for 5k more than me. I brought it up and management gave me a shrug while HR called the new hires liars (new hires actually showed me their first paystub and they even agreed it was crazy that I was training them and makin
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    Font - So I stopped caring. I didn't go above and beyond, I sat back and let things rot. I didn't jump on extra responsibility. We need pay transparency. What is the new guy hired on. Whoever is doing the same job needs to make AT LEAST as much as them, if not more. 388 Reply Share
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    Font - Nebloch 21 hr. ago Good on you, now it will likely cost them more to replace you than simply giving you a raise, they then go and complain that no wants to work, scumbag companies like this. 365 Reply Share
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    Font - eweyda 19 hr. ago And the other guy will probably quit because they'll overload him and that's not something I accept at a new job. 130 Reply Share
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    Font - KayduhSDA 20 hr. ago This is why I end up at a new job every 2 years. I get that second annual 3% raise and then realize I can just go somewhere else and get a lot more. 107 Reply Share
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    Font - Blackfoot Flash - 23 hr. ago Salary compression sucks - it's one of the things that pay transparency solves. There's a way to approach this that doesn't (necessarily) start and end with "f it - I'm outta here". Key points to hit are:
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    Font - . Looks like the labor market's getting tighter • Let's talk about a salary adjustment for me • If not now, then when? • Alternately what needs to happen before I'm considered? If you're shut down taking this approach, the only answer is the door. 105 Reply Share
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    Font - reala728 19 hr. ago This is unfortunately very common. Companies don't give current employees raises, but have to hire at an increased rate to staff at least to the bare minimum. The real kicker here is that they pile up more work on the old employees to cover having a comfortable volume of staff.
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    Font - I saw an article or video or something about a year ago that stated: in the current work climate, you should only stay with an employer for about 3 years, as this is when they think they have you locked down and will pile everything on without a pay increase. Going to another company doing the same thing will have you generally work at a higher rate, doing the standard amount of work for the job you've taken. Just by coincidence the same thing was happening with me, so I left and sure eno
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