I am an Assistant Manager and I have been an employee for 10 years. I have worked my ass off for this company, especially during the pandemic. We were short staffed (like everyone else) for months and months. We finally managed to hire a new employee who had experience a couple of months ago. I recently found out that this new employee makes significantly more money than I do. I have almost 20 years experience, and have been with this company for 10 years with excellent employee evaluations. While I understand it’s not actually illegal to discuss wages at a job, my company “forbids” us to talk about it. I am feeling so defeated. I have known for a long time that corporations are bullshit, but it still stings when you get slapped in the face. To make matters worse, I was told about the pay difference in confidence by another employee who came to me because she is frustrated that she is making less than everyone else. I have no authority or say in pay, so I can’t help either of us. I’m in my early 40’s and I feel so insignificant. Like what is even the point of this? I have always worked hard and have tried to be a good low level supervisor and treat the other employees with respect. I am dreading going back to work tomorrow. This just killed my morale to continue busting my ass for this company. Just wanted to get this out of my head, hopefully the Xanax will kick in soon. So fucking tired…