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Sometimes it's just not fair.
I've been pretty peeved ay my job because I found out that another employee who has been there far less time than me (I trained her) moved to another department where the work is arguably easier and is making $1 more per hour. Of course, she's also fighting cancer, which is why she moved (she no longer has to work in the field, but can now work from home). I'm really in kind of a sticky spot because although I really don't want to begrudge the poor lady with cancer her lousy buck an hour, it's still not fair and it bothers me. It's kind of about the pinciple of it rather than about that specific co-worker.
Anyhow, what I did was ask for a raise without bringing up the other person's pay. It took a while, but eventually I got it. However, in the process I felt like I learned something about the company I work for that led me to decide that, ultimately, I don't want to stay there.
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