I’m extremely happy for our new hire and thankful to have their help – I found this out through no fault of their own at all. But I’m the one who’s supposed to help train this person and they’re coming in at my level with a salary 13% higher than mine. EVEN BETTER the range for our level’s pay also got spilled to me and I’m slightly under the middle of it. They get to come in much closer to the top.
I’ve worked for nearly four years and built my skills, earned certifications, written SOPs and done so much, and the person who we are converting from a contractor who doesn’t have those skills (but again is otherwise a good employee, willing and capable to learn) gets to have a significantly higher salary. And I have to take all my experience and just stuff it and be paid less.
I knew it happens to people and had seen stories but FUCK. Man it feels BAD. What’s the point of working hard if the new hire with less experience gets more money? It’s just been such a struggle the last couple years personally and I just needed to vent because it just feels awful. I’m supposed to go up for promotion next year but right now I just feel so worthless and depressed after all the shit I’ve been through to get to where I am.
Work fucking sucks. Not getting paid what you’re worth sucks.