I had off the last two weeks due to covid in my household. While it's not supposed to count against me they've already denied my covid pay request and I have a meeting with HR and my boss in a few hours regarding my “negligent” attendance.
The reality is that I discussed my pay with my coworkers and found out they were making 30% more than me. During our raise period I was rated the Top employee in my department, and was given a $0.30 raise. Despite making so much less than my coworkers and doing so much more of the labor, and the best this multi-billion dollar (profit) factory could muster was $0.30. I sat down with them and pointed out market price and local jobs for similar labor, my achievements over the span I've been working there; and the pay rate they determined was acceptable for my labor from my coworkers. It went sour very quickly.
I've been threatened by my boss in private about discussing my pay with my coworkers, and he's even went out and interrogated them about our discussions and has ostracized me since.
I feel numb right now. I've been apart of the workforce for 15 years and never been fired once. I've made my job over $800,000 today as it is and my older disabled coworkers are not going to be able to keep up with the work demands once I'm gone due to how short handed we are.
I don't know what to do. I've never been in this position before.