Woman in disbelief after learning new co-worker makes $25K more for same job: Were literally equal

A woman has gone viral after finding out her new co-worker, who is doing the same job as her, is earning substantially more.Creator Yaya Tizz, who has more than 14 million likes on TikTok, took to the social media app to express her horror at discovering her salary inequity.“I just found out the person that was hired as like my equal in my department, so we co-lead the department, is getting paid $25,000 more than me,” she said.Tizz explained that her co-worker, who is earning $25,000 more in US dollars, equal to around $AU40,000, isn’t, from her perspective, doing any more work than her or has further responsibility.“We have the same level of experience and we have the same job.We’re literally equal.

We have one person we report to, and she’s getting paid $25,000 more than me,” she said.Tizz said that the woman who did the role previously was earning the exact same salary, but after she left her company, the salary was increased to be “competitive” and to find someone to fill the role quickly.The worker said that no one in the company approached her to “renegotiate” her salary, so now she and this new co-worker are both doing “equal amounts of work” for unequal pay.Tizz said when she made this discovery, she went straight to her direct supervisor and asked for a pay rise.She also asked if there would be a structural reshuffle, and this woman who was now earning more than her would become her superior or take on more work, which would justify why she was paid more.Tizz claimed her supervisor said that wasn’t the case and agreed they were both “equal” but also said he wouldn’t be able to give her a $25,000 pay rise.Tizz said he claimed the company wouldn’t be able to get her because $25,000 is a “really big increase.”“I’m sorry I don’t even know how to process that,” she admitted.Tizz said it was unfair to be expected to do the same work and achieve the same results as someone earning substantially more than her.The wo...