I Refuse to Get a Lower Salary Than the Colleague I Trained

Negotiate a 50% increase,if they are serious you'll get it

Never rethink, if you join back for the hiked salary you will have to face a lot of hardships which will spoil your career and future

Do not take their offer. They threatened you before and forced your hand to leave. Take it now and they will screw you later. Take your new job and leave. This is about respect and trust and money. They failed you at all 3. It's time to leave and start a new adventure

Leave. Your current company is just buying time by trying to retain you with the 35% hike. They will most likely hire someone junior, have your colleague train them, and kick you out. They will hold a grudge against you for putting them in a difficult spot. Plus, leaving now, you will have your dignity intact.

Take the new position that the other company offered you.this place already tried to screw you and I'm sure they will try again

Take the next position. Despite the Salary hike you may experience the new challenges in your new position so that you can gain your new learnings altogether. Once you decided, do not stay back until you decided to stay for a strong reason.

I've had a lot of new employees that were trained by old ones that outperformed them by two or three fold. It's not about how long you work somewhere. It's about how good productive you are. Maybe it's time to look in the mirror.

leave. you can't trust them. believe it. and don't give them notice unless you are under contract to do so.

Ask a lawyer, get a contract protecting you.

Sharing salary info will not get you fired. Its against the law to do that and every HR employee knows this. I'm not saying that want you to share your pay information, but they certainly cannot fire you from doing so. So share your salary information. Its the only way to keep HR honest. And you paid fairly.

If you stay, you're opening the door to get fired. If you live in an At-Will employment state, they don't need a reason to fire you. They've already proven that they do not appreciate your talent and loyalty.

It's a gamble, especially if you signed an NDA. The competitor will expect you to share secrets as a way of showing your loyalty to them.

Think it through. Staying could be a good option. But, since they did this to you once, they could very easily do it to you again.

Tell them 40%! No, jk, they surely do not deserve you. Take the new job. Maybe they will learn from their mistake but do not bow down to people like that

Go with new company start fresh. If you stay there’re going to be underlying animosity.

Marc Childers hit the nail on the head. Pay attention to what he said, because that's exactly what they'll do. God opened a new door for you, walk thru it. Begin a new positive work experience.

I would take the competition. They give you the raise then when you stay they decide to fire you. Then you have no place to go.

I'm in the UK, but 35%, even 45%, wouldn't be enough, unless it was backdated; if you've got a better offer, take it. Unless you care to point out to the Company and HR department that allowing such a disparity in salaries is strongly indicative of bad management, employees deserve both fair pay and respect!

Counter back with a 40% raise and sweeter benefits. If they value you, they should have no problem. Perhaps more vacation pay, 401K etc

If they thought you were worth 35% more then they should have offered it earlier. Leave and dont look back.

Nope, NTA. Their threat to fire you for talking about salaries is a federal crime in the US, and HR should know that. They can't have a policy preventing you from doing so, even an unwritten one. Take the new job and don't look back.

No you are not, there's a saying and its " better the devil you know than the devil you don't " you know this company you know these people you could start work with the other company and hate it, take the 35% payrise and stay x

New company seems to know your worth better, as they have been trying to get you for awhile. But you could potentially use this old company offer as leverage in negotiations with new company 🤔

But in my opinion, 5% more than the person you recently trained, after dedicating a near decade of your life to this company, is not much of an increase no matter what the dollar amount is. I would personally feel insulted and disrespected by this by this offer, not to mention the pure lack of respect and appreciation for you and what you bring to the company. They were happily paying you 30% less than a new person, if you didn't find out then they would still be doing it.

Hmm, make/write a new contract where they have to pay all that difference of pay gap and also that you don't have to give them 2 weeks notice if you want to quit ... and after that , well, you got the picture .

Taking a counter offer is a death sentence. You will be on HR's radar and either be let go or transferred to a position you have no interest in. It's an easy way to get you to quit and for them to say you turned down a new challenge. Take the new offer! Let the new person take on all the stress that you shielded them from. In the long run, you will be happier. Once you take the new job, never respond to your old employer's request for help. They made their bed, let them sleep in it!

Never ever take a counter offer...they know your worth. Orgs have market information so why do you feel bad after they consciously chose to underpay you? Leave.

Assuming your in the USA, know your rights... https://www.nlrb.gov/about-nlrb/rights-we-protect/your-rights/your-rights-to-discuss-wages

Too little too late. Buh bye!

Assuming your in the USA you can discuss your wages. https://www.nlrb.gov/about-nlrb/rights-we-protect/your-rights/your-rights-to-discuss-wages

No, they'll treat you like crap if you stay cause they'll feel like you swindled them. Go do what you planned and help build something that will get you raises and comfort. I've been there before.

KMA! Take your skills and experience where you'll be rightfully compensated! My effort is based strictly on my compensation!

Leaving is the right decision! A good company would have paid you appropriately all along. They cheated you once and they will again in the future!

I would move on

I'd be thinking of how fast HR will back track once the competition moves on. Take the job offer from the other company. Otherwise you'll regret it and your career will suffer because of it.

As long they ALSO pay the lack 30% from 2 years. Also calculate if your salary higher or not compared that new worker. Fair is fair

Stay, and watch how fast they start picking you apart, piece by piece. As soon as the other company doesn't want you anymore, you will be terminated. Move on NOW. If they wanted to pay you what you are worth, they would have done it BEFORE YOU FORCED THEIR HAND.