Update: 'Most people aren't being paid market value here': Employee confronts boss about lame promotion with receipts, leaves boss grasping at straws for excuses

There are definitely better ways of justifying your employee's lack of a fair raise. This boss decided that the best way to justify the decision was to say that essentially everyone is underpaid at the company. In other words, she was saying that the entire company cheats its employees. Not only is that a completely irresponsible thing to say both for the employee's sake and for the company's, but also it gives the impression that there is absolutely no hope for the employee in his pursuit of a salary that accurately reflects their workload and responsibilities.

This thread was posted to Reddit by u/Wpg-katekate, who learned that the last time their company was hiring for the same position, it was significantly higher than what OP was offered. To get down to the numbers of it all, OP was offered $12,000 less than the lowest end of the previous pay scale. The promotion would entail a significant increase in workload and responsibility and yet only for a $6,000 pay increase. Talk about a humiliating offer and an even more humiliating excuse from OP's supervisor!

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