26F, working in marketing. I’ve been at my company since I graduated college (2018). A girl who has been here for one year, right out of college, (22F), is very loud and was on the phone with her manager sitting near me. Merit increase are coming up and I heard her say “yup, my salary said $53,100!”
I make a little over $52,000. Obviously this could have been her merit increase, but I am kind of upset and feeling way undervalued as an employee considering I’ve been here 5 years and clearly haven’t even made up to $53 yet. We were both interns in our respective college years as well. My merit increase is coming up, (we all have meetings with our managers to be presented our new salary,) so my question is: do I ask my manager about this? And be very candid explaining I heard her say her salary? Obviously $1,000 isn’t much of a difference in salary, but i do know I make $10-20K less than my friends in marketing who are higher pay grades and same age (they’re associate level, me and this girl are considered junior level).
Do I not say anything because it’s “not my business”?