'I trained him': Employee uncovers that new hire makes $31k more than them

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• On a technical level, it is good to know what your fellow colleagues are making. In theory, it could be a bargaining chip for you, should you ever decide you want to be brave enough to ask your employer for a raise. I can't help but feel that that kind of logic is out of date, though. Today's employers want to pay people as little as possible. 

  If you strolled into their office and told them that you know your coworker is making more than you and you want more money too, they could easily just fire you for getting on their nerves. 

  However, it's still probably good to know what you're being paid versus what your contemporaries are making. That way you have a better understanding of your place in the job market. You can also plan for a career path, envisioning a career timeline where you grow into supervisory roles and make far more than you do currently. 

  So, let's read this employees' POV and see what we think: would you want to know this coworker's salary?

• I accidentally learning my coworker's salary and now I can't stop doing math during meetings

  
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  Coworker can't stop thinking about how her colleague makes more money than her.

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• A tough realization

  
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• Such a shame

  
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• This is a difficult realization to come by

  
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  They say that when you're first offered a job, that you can debate your salary. Again, though, I think that's outdated information. I've heard that most companies these days will just pick whichever candidate takes the lowball salary. Good for Greg for getting more, and my condolences to this person. It's tough out here. 

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• What would you do if you were this person? 

  I totally understand the position they're in. I'd probably be doing the mental math, too! It would bother me endlessly to know that while I'm getting paid whatever per hour, they're at the office for the same amount of time, earning more and more money by the second. 

  Let's see if people had any advice for this worker. 

• People had a hunch that good guy Greg was trying to point them in the right direction

  
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• Again, I really don't think this alone could warrant a raise? But this person is welcome to try, or they could seek another job, since they've discovered how their employer is paying newbies

  
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• If you say so... Someone try this and let us know if it still works these days. I highly doubt it.

  
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