So I started my first real job last summer, got an offer for a bit lower than I expected for the job and the city I would be working in (biotech start up) and when I tried to negotiate for more (because I knew I could be making just as much in a much cheaper city) I got a call from the VP of R&D who told me that he thought the offer was competitive. Additionally I was told by him that all entry level employees make the same but that evaluations would happen soon after my employment and that based on the quality of my work and based on my work ethic there was room for growth and improvement of pay. I was very interested in the work and decided it would be a very cool experience that could build up my experience in biotech and industry.
Evaluations happened a month and a half ago with no foreseeable follow up and then 2 weeks ago they fired that VP for unrelated reasons (as far as I can tell). That being said, last week I found out all my peers make more than me, one of which makes 25% more than me despite only starting a few weeks before me (though they did intern with the company previously). The others started exactly when I did. And I know I have more experience in this field overall than all of them just based on CV’s and that all of my experience is directly applicable to the current project (including a year of experience doing the same type of work but in academia).
So I was blatantly lied to. And I am pissed.
Advice on how to negotiate to fix this would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
*edit: a word
Submitted February 05, 2018 at 04:07AM by lli32 http://ift.tt/2s9eh4D
