A friend/former coworker works as a nurse at a long term care facility. She has worked there since it opened about 15+ years ago. Recently she saw an ad online advertising they were hiring nurses, the hourly pay was mentioned in the ad, which is WAY more than she is currently making. When she started, the pay was low to begin with, and their yearly “raises” are less than $1/hour, so you can imagine that she’s not making all that much. Fast forward to a few weeks later, she goes to the nursing supervisor to ask for a raise to match what was in the ad. Supervisor firsts tells her, it’s against policy to discuss pay, to which she explained she saw the ad. Then Supervisor tells her if she wants to make X dollars an hour, she needs to quit and reapply, with NO guarantee that she will be rehired! Needles to say, she’s looking for another job. I don’t know about other industries, but this type of pay discrepancy is common in nursing. New hires receive higher pay and bonuses, while those that have been there for years aren’t compensated.