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Move on? You left the job for a reason, time to focus on the next chapter.
Nothing. You may have been hired when there were a lot of people applying. They may have been hired when there was extra money. Salary isn’t fair, but they’re also so many factors to wide people get paid with each job and it has nothing to do with the qualifications. So don’t be angry. Just accept it. Move on.
You got a year and a half of experience, and hopefully work you can be proud of. This job helped you land the next job—so that’s a good thing. Lessons are never free, but now you know. Good luck!
Ask yourself why that matters to you now that you put in your notice and had been interviewing to leave. Hopefully you negotiated an increase with the new place.
I would learn from this experience and Grow Up.
I would move on and give your all - both effort and attitude - to your new job. If you are infuriated in a chat with strangers, you risk bringing that demeanor into your new position. Landing a job anytime in the past two years is a huge victory that many are not experiencing.
You can ask for a raise at any time. But there are other way to think about it rather than being angry. Maybe you're $8k less good at negotiation than the rest of the team..or maybe you got that job because you quoted lowest. Is your client not free to shop around for good rates? What if you being paid less gives you more job security because higher rates get cut first? The main thing would be to deliver more value than the others then you can have a strong case to be paid more without needing to claim the boss is immoral or it's it's not fair you're not paid the same. You agreed to the rate as annoying as that is.
This was a bit harsh, but there’s a decent chance it was the negotiating bit. Some of my coworkers didn’t negotiate one bit and I know I got the ceiling of base pay for my level so there’s probably a significant gap just from that. Always negotiate!
My advice is stop talking to others about how much you're getting paid. It's a bad habit for this exact reason. People are paid what they are paid for a reason. Exactly none of it is random. Now you're infuriated and looking to do something about it. Just imagine if this happened while you were not already moving on. Discussing your pay with co-workers creates a hostile work environment. Negotiate your salary and exceptions when you're hired. If you price yourself out of a positions, then it is what it is. At some point you're going to be on the other end of the "getting paid more" and you'll have the understanding that you've earned your pay rate. But, your co-workers might feel exactly like you're feeling now.
Respectfully I don’t agree. Knowing what your peers are paid helps you understand your value or lack of it. There’s too much taboo in salary discussions. It’s true, if you’re a better negotiator than others, that’s on them to catch up or negotiate better. For this person lessons have been learnt, but gatekeeping salaries is not the way to move forward.
Not really sure what you mean by asking what would you do . You already landed another job so what is there left to do ?
Congrats!! Be happy you have a new offer at a new company. You are doing the right thing to move on! Don't give your soon-to-be former company any more of your energy1
The pay difference is related to your salary negotiation skills
It really doesn't matter now. You're leaving anyway so move on and don't let it get to you.
You have resigned so i don't think there's anything you can do other than suing them. You could try and consult a specialist lawyer and see.
I feel for you, I was hired at the max advertised salary band. After 2 years they hire a noob that me and another colleague had to constantly help and support - and we found out he was getting paid more than us. My colleague tried to argue and demanded to be matched... the company replied they could only raise the salary up to 4% and that was still not going to be a salary match. Plus you had to have a perfect EOY review, and anyway they had put a hiring freeze so you couldn't get a raise (we didn't get yearly bonus either).
There was a reason you chose to leave. Your current pay is just one of those factors. In future you will know to negotiate or ask for more. Let your anger go and don’t let it fester. You were able to get 1.5 years of experience and move forward. Enjoy the new job.
What can you do? Stay on and ask for more money? Unless they haven't paid you what you agreed on, moving on to the next is the next move here. I once had a job with extremely cheap owners that underpaid me, promised me full time hours that never happened and the manager had the gall to say he didn't know I had a Bachelor's degree like he wasn't in my interview. 🙄 I left and never looked back. Hopefully your new job pays a lot more.
It always stinks to find out you’re getting paid much less than others holding the same position, especially if you do more work and have been there longer. Compensation negotiations during the interview process is so vital for this reason. Some people are better at navigating that than others, and it’s not openly taught unless you seek that knowledge out. Once you’re set at a salary, the pay increase you get every year after that is minimal, so negotiating up front to get what you need is super important. For example, never be the first to state what your salary expectation is, make them say it first. And when you do finally share, don’t give a solid number, give a range with the bottom of the range being above the lowest you could take. If the company can’t provide what you need to live off of, then it’s probably not the right opportunity for you.
You can also ask for a raise, but you have to compile reports/stats that show all that you have done that warrants that raise and present yourself well, be confident in that, help them see everything you bring to the team to make things run better. You’d think your boss just knows that automatically, but they’re leading by a team of multiple people. Help take any guess work out and present everything to them at once so they see and feel the impact that you truly bring. I know you’ve moved on already, and I hope you negotiated your salary well for this next job, but just some advice for the future while you’re in this next role and if you decide to move on later.
Hoping the best for you!
It's all about timing, what you value your time to be and what the company is willing to pay for new hires if they are desperate or in-demand. Since you already worked there, your review should be a promotion every 2-3 years if you've earned it. You aren't guaranteed anything. Your inability to negotiate isn't their issue - it's yours. Budgets change, circumstances change and it's unfortunate, but it's a supply and demand kind of world. Get over it and use that newfound information as a tool in the future - don't dwell.
Just leave. If anyone asks you why you are leaving, just say "I got a better job." DO NOT TELL THEM WHERE." Just leave it at that.
There's nothing you can do now. Move forward in peace knowing you made the right decision.