Senior data analyst who trains new hires and covers manager’s workload got just a 4% raise; then recruiter accidentally sends him a job brief for his own role paying $18K more

In numerous ways, employees can now know about their teammates' salaries, and with certain websites, one can even know the salary of their boss or superboss. But one employee on Reddit said they accidentally got to know that their company is offering more dollars for the same post they are on now.

The employee shared the troubling experience in the r/remotejobsfinders subreddit. They explain that after receiving a job description from LinkedIn, they become hesitant about its pay, the company's hiring plans, and their possible future at the company.

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Recruiter sends job brief with a salary range $18,000 higher

A recruiter from an agency contacted the employee last week about a fully remote “senior data analyst position.” Within seconds after opening the job description PDF, they instantly realized the role looked almost identical to their current job. It was the same company, within the same team, involving the same tools, and even the manager was the same as the hiring contact.

The employee said he had been working in the position for two years they have no idea that they are hiring another senior data analyst. According to the post, the budget started at a whopping $18,000 more than what the worker currently earns.

Anyone at this point would be frustrated, and the employee “who trains new people” on their dashboards, plus covered the manager’s entire work for six weeks the previous winter, was furious. They also shared another wary situation in current workplace scenarios; raises, despite all the extra work, they only got a 4%.

“I didn't reply right away because my hands were kind of shaking,” they wrote.

Employee asks manager for a raise without revealing the PDF

The employee said he waited two days before asking his manager for a meeting. He explained that he had been researching market salaries and wanted to discuss the pay, without saying anything about the PDF out loud.

He proposed a figure somewhere in the middle of the range listed in the job brief.

According to his account, the manager Kind of reacted perfunctorily, saying he would "push for it".

The employee has yet to find out whether the request will lead to an actual raise. Meanwhile, he also replied to the recruiter, reasoning that if one company was willing to pay more for someone with his skills, another employer might be willing to do the same.

But the incident left them numb, wondering whether they had handled the situation correctly. Later, the employee admitted that part of him wanted to forward the PDF directly to HR without adding a single word.

Reddit users wonder if the company is replacing him

Some Reddit commenters suggested that the salary difference might not be the actual issue; a more concerning part is that they might be fining the worker. “..another thought: are YOU getting fired?” the comment reads.

Another commenter agreed, saying that they would be thinking about being replaced rather than the company simply hiring additional help.