I could use some advice on how I should handle this situation. I found out the other day another editor who started four months ago is making 8% more than I do. For context, I have been here for a little over a year. How do I approach my boss to inquire about a raise? Should I bring up that I know about my teammate's salary?

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Does the new editor bring more or different skills to the team? Do you have more sought after skills? Is the demand of your work high? Some people negotiate better rates when they begin new work. You always have that opportunity at your next review. I wouldn't call out your teammates salary - asking for a raise should be based on your own progress, work ethic, etc.

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Truth, make it about your value, not someone else.

You have nothing to lose. Scared men, do safe things.

Personally I wouldn't suggest bringing up the salary of others unless it it obviously aggregious or an issue. They could have been a better negotiator, time of need was different, etc. Too many variables that don't effect the value YOU bring to the company.

Focus on what you do,with specific data points, i.e, the times you saved the company time on a project or was able to make a client's seemingly unreasonable request possible in a way that made the company look good and appeased the client. Your ability to stay ahead of new tech and techniques that will streamline the editing workflow.

A great manager of people should recognize the value you bring to a company HOWEVER, if you can't identify that additional value yourself and articulate it, it's a weak position to negotiate from.

No. Build a portfolio that shows your level of performance. Include every project & the outcomes with numbers if you have access. Ask for an appropriate raise as part of a performance review, then submit this as part of your curriculum vitae, or resumé. You’ll need to have the portfolio it won’t work.

If you are denied a raise after submitting this portfolio as part of your performance review. Ask why. Use emails if you can.

The reason for the denial may be cause for action, but I would not move on that cause unless you have a plan to work either somewhere else, or if you have spoken with a qualified attorney.

I would not sue over 8 percent without a clear cause for action & I would not come into the room speaking in harsh tones. You should not bring up office rumors until you can prove them.

Your performance based review will be based on how much money the company made with you on the team, per project & quantifying that is important.

If you were the lead or had an important place on profitable projects, you’ll have emails to show that later, but I would not bring emails into the review as part of the portfolio.

You’ll need letters of reference from supervisors, or colleagues, sort of like how LinkedIn does it, but in the form of a letter.

The letters of reference should be similar to the letters you would ask for from a professor, or a commanding officer (if you were in the service). Reference letters should not be as formal as a college entrance letter; but professional.

Most Resumé books will cover these Reference Letters in the chapters or sections about Cover Letters.

A Curriculum Vitae is everything you did going back to your first job. A Resumé is one page specific to the industry you work in & a Resumé is the first page of a Curriculum Vitae. A Portfolio should have a synopsis & it should be the first page of your document with the Resumé & Curriculum Vitae as the appendices.

If you did any of the artwork, or typesetting this would be in your portfolio, but I would leave any of the this out if it pertains to another company or an old school project.

The portfolio should be specific to the company you work for now. Your prior work should be in the appendix if you didn’t do that for the company.

If you’re unsure if you have a cause for action, speak with a well qualified attorney.

You can always ask for the raise first, then ask for a performance review if denied. I’d wait to bring up the pay gap until after all of this, assuming you can show cause.

Not all attorneys will say the same thing & I am not an attorney.

It’s a Dale Carnegie lesson on “How to win friends & influence people”.

Salt & Vinegar, is the probably the wrong way to do handle this issue.

Make it about you, not what someone else makes. Never works out because it always becomes “oh well they shouldn’t have told you what they make” never about the real issue - your value

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