Seems fair

Would you be a happier person if he gets a pay cut, or fired? When you got your raise, we're you happy about it, did back than your salary feel right? Your boss is right, you don't get an automatic raise because someone else negotiated better, however if you really are better, an

accept that you sold yourself worse than the guy you train… your fault.

Id be happy to take 84k don’t care if my coworker is new and earns more. With that amount of money you are considered a top earner here in germany

You can't go back and change the salary, but you can change it going forward. The manager could have used Mayas potential or performance as a reason, but she didn't. So now we know the work is worth at least $88K.

Very fair, honest, and not shitty. This is real capitalism at work. You should be able to negotiate your salary, which is this exact case. The best thing I see here is the employer didnt attack you in any way for finding out information you do actually have a right to know, and d

This is extremely common which is why companies don't want you sharing how much you make with other employees. This isn't a communists economy. Its a capitalist industry. Malcolm Gladwell wrote a good piece ont eh topic which underlined that women negotiated less for a higher sal

I mean shes not wrong ... You were supposed to renegotiate your salary on the next yearly review, with the knowledge of how much the trainee earns, nothing to lose your marbles about, just how it goes. I managed to out-earn a senior guy just after 2 years, he never negotiated and

Start looking for another job and once you have one that pays more, start negotiating with your current employee for a salary that is even higher than the new job would pay. If they don't up your salary, accept the new job.

Get another job and negotiate a better wage

Thank her for clarifying and assure her you'll be taking her wisdom to heart while negotiating wage elsewhere.