r/personalfinance • u/ekampp • Jul 02 '19

I received an accidental mail with all salaries for everyone in the company Employment

Hey, first time posting here. Hope this post will be ok.

This is problematic in regards to personal information discretion, but my issue is:

I realized I'm being significantly underpaid in comparison to others who do the same work as me.

I feel frustrated and upset about that fact. Not sure how to approach from here.

How would you approach the situation?

EDIT 1: Thanks for all the answers. There are many good ones in-between!

There are also a few that clearly want to see the world burn 😅

I had never expected this many replies, so please don't hold it against me for not answering each one of you.

RESULT:

First off. Again, thank you to all of you, who pitched in with your personal experiences, hardships, concerns, and advice. I have read through most of all ~2000 of them 😅

I have chosen to simply delete and bury the faulty email, and I will add a bit about being careful to not forward email-chains in our security newsletter this month instead. This way it will benefit everyone in the company to be wary of forwarding email-chains. The WHOLE chain will be forwarded.

I had a sit-down with the boss-man, and he agreed to give me a raise, and a promotion.

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u/Synkope1 ​ Jul 03 '19

That is exactly what companies rely on to get everyone to be quiet about what they're paid. Pretending like it's secret info only ever helps the employer. Tact would be they employer being transparent about salaries. Tact would be paying your employees fairly.

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u/AndrewIsOnline ​ Jul 03 '19

Tact is knowing how the world is and surviving in it.

Your points are valid and I Wish the world actually acted like that but the hard truth is it’s not, this isn’t some moral debate, it is a guy trying to survive in the real world.

So tact.

Protect yourself.

Fight for yourself.

Survive.

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u/Synkope1 ​ Jul 03 '19

Your idea of survival seems to be let the company walk over you. Or you could tell them you're being underpaid and you know it. But you seem to think that's just going too far.