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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wouldn't take too much advice from DCUM.  You know your situation better than we do.

I'm going to guess you're in a large organization with an HR department.   This gets back to previous discussions about having to provide current compensation information when applying for a new job.  Lazy HR departments use current compensation to determine what they will pay new hires.  So someone who was already well-paid does even better, and someone who was underpaid continues to be so.  That guy probably got a good salary somewhere along the way and it just kept going.

HR departments at large companies often limit what salary increases are allowed, even when someone is promoted or takes a new position.  I've seen it happen, and at one of my last employers, the only way to get paid fairly was to leave and go work for a competitor for a while, then my company would hire them back after a year or two at a big salary jump.  They'd never avoid this by giving out an appropriate salary in the first place.  It was ridiculous.  It's one way that women often end up earning less than men for similar work, simply because they started out with less in the first place and it just continues on.

I totally get why you are angry, and wish you luck on rectifying the situation. [/quote]

Thank you for your thoughtful response. Yes I am at a Fortune 500 company with a large HR department. I think there are a couple of things at play here: 
- I dont think they looked at the team members comp but just gave me the lowest increase they thought they could get away with (so not deliberate or at least i dont think so) 
- We do have a large and lazy HR dept who does want to lower costs overall especially at my department 
- Even though my comp is lower than his it is a relative big increase for me. His overall increase from his 2016 comp is also negligible which is another matter . 
- And yes my husband is a high earner which my boss knows

So annoyed!!!

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