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New hire makes $20k more than me

Welp that just about does it for me. I've posted here before about this shit job I've stumbled upon and the absolute BS I have to put up with in it but today might have just signed it off for me. So I've been at this job like a year and a half. Recently we hired a new person to do my exact same job at the smallest caresite we have (meaning less overall work). Being the senior analyst, I got sent over to train said new hire today. In the course of discussion, I ask him what they started him out at to which he replies very nonchalantly, “Like about 82.” I'm sitting there stunned. Legitimately. Right now I'm sitting at 65k. My coworker from our 4th largest site is at 62. Never in my life have I ever felt so betrayed by a company. I'm glad for the…


Welp that just about does it for me. I've posted here before about this shit job I've stumbled upon and the absolute BS I have to put up with in it but today might have just signed it off for me.

So I've been at this job like a year and a half. Recently we hired a new person to do my exact same job at the smallest caresite we have (meaning less overall work). Being the senior analyst, I got sent over to train said new hire today. In the course of discussion, I ask him what they started him out at to which he replies very nonchalantly, “Like about 82.” I'm sitting there stunned. Legitimately. Right now I'm sitting at 65k. My coworker from our 4th largest site is at 62. Never in my life have I ever felt so betrayed by a company.

I'm glad for the new guy. He's super cool and does great work, but I was just left feeling so upset. I don't even know what to do. Part of me wants to just walk in tomorrow and quit outright, and part of me knows I can't afford to do that. What a damned horrible feeling.

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