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tulipsandroses

(5,092 posts)
Sat Jun 23, 2018, 12:34 AM Jun 2018

So today I was reminded that I am not an equal

Rumors have been swirling at work that the new guy (he's white) I am training was being paid more than many of us are being paid. I've been brushing those rumors off. He's a new grad. I was thinking no way.
Sure enough, I went HR, just for the hell of it. They wouldn't confirm, but they didn't deny it- But they said, " you need to talk to your manager about your own pay rate". - which pretty much confirmed the rumors for me. Anyhoo, HR guy contacts my manager - who then calls me with some BS excuse saying " oh looks like we made a mistake when we did our numbers in Jan and you got left off, I don't know how that happened, I'll make sure that gets fixed". So now they will give me a raise. - But it felt like a kick in the gut. How insulting to think it was OK for me to train someone who was getting paid more than I was? I am his superior - how can he make more than I do?

This has ticked off a bunch of other nurses on the unit that are now thinking about leaving after finding out how much this guy is making fresh out of school with no experience. I guess thats white privilege at its finest. Walk out of nursing school and make the same pay rate as nurses with several years of experience.

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So today I was reminded that I am not an equal (Original Post) tulipsandroses Jun 2018 OP
Employment lawyer. State EECO irisblue Jun 2018 #1
and the beat goes on heaven05 Jun 2018 #2
I'm so sorry you had to go through that, tulipsandroses. Kind of Blue Jun 2018 #3

irisblue

(32,828 posts)
1. Employment lawyer. State EECO
Sat Jun 23, 2018, 01:13 AM
Jun 2018

Do not discuss anything else about this with ANYONE else at work. Keep a daily detailed hand written log of all the rumors, what HR said & how you are treated at work. Hurt their wallets. Rewrite your resume.

fug them

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
2. and the beat goes on
Sat Jun 23, 2018, 07:59 AM
Jun 2018

sad. Amerikan racism is a sickness/infection that just won't be cured. I am glad you spoke up.

Kind of Blue

(8,709 posts)
3. I'm so sorry you had to go through that, tulipsandroses.
Tue Jun 26, 2018, 12:15 PM
Jun 2018

The last time that I went thru it was really the last time and struck out on my own and haven't looked back, now over 20 years. I'm lucky to have a strong support system. That kick in the gut is too much and the training part made me ill.

I advise all my young people, blood or not and skin color doesn't matter, to gather as much experience as they can to try to start their own by pursuing their heart's desire. It's definitely not easy at all but for me it soundly beats the alternative. I just wish I had that in mind all along.

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