New job, staff on 20k more... opinions please.

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Name change as this coukd be outing.

Started job last year. It's chaotic but I'm enjoying it. I've just been offered a massive opportunity doing a global role. This was information given to me by the CEO. There has been no paperwork signed yet in regards to salary.

Now.... I've not been told told anything about salary or increase ( which is leaving me a bit miffed as I would have preferred to have been told I was getting an increase, rather than being left in the dark.) I have since found out that one of the staff that will be directly reporting to me is earning 20k more that I am.

What's the general opinion here. The above staff member is there 13years if that makes a difference. I'm on decent money but really feel I need a lot more to make this role worth while as it will take up more time, in different time zones. The work load will be massive. I worried it's just going be expected and I haven't had the chance to challenge this yet and find out the details

I saw the salaries on a spreadsheet that was shown to me, I wasn't being shown salaries but I obviously saw them so I know it's true.

If you were me, how would you feel and what would you do?

And obviously when you next speak to your boss about the role you ask directly about the salary package on offer. Ideally you'd have already spoken to a recruiter or two so that if the figure they give you is below market you can say, "Given the additional responsibilities and scope of this role I was thinking more £X, based on recent conversations with a couple of headhunters."

My husband had a similar situation recently where he discovered that he was getting paid 25k less than his colleague at the same level as him and that he was in the lower 20% in terms of pay at his grade despite being a very prominent and high achieving member of the team.

He complained and his company directors immediately agreed that on review his wage did not match his contribution to the company and that he would of course need a pay review right away. Of course they never would have offered this if he hadn't discovered the disparity himself.

I'd raise the issue if I were you OP.