New employee being paid more than me for the SAME position!

[Notreallyawaitress]

I should say it soon won't be a problem for long as this person is a replacement for me and I am going onto bigger and better things. I have worked for the company for over a decade, and increased profitability and customers greatly in that time, basically built the business up from scratch. My replacement has very little previous relevant experience but I found out that she is being paid a much higher hourly rate. I am expected to teach her the ropes and provide her with all the information necessary to run the business after I've gone. AIBU to suggest that someone they obviously value more than me already, can do perfectly well without my help?
I realise this has more to do with my arsehole boss than the new employee.....

I wouldn't kill myself training her in, to be honest. i'd do the bare bones and leave them all to it. I presume your references have been done and dusted.

JoeyJoe I don't need a reference at the moment but I may need one in the future - hence me not kicking off just yet.I think that they will soon find out that she lied about her capabilities in her interview - working with her this week has shown she lacks basic knowledge of her role.

Do enough to cover yourself and no more than that. no extras or staying on late to help or anything like that.
sounds like she'll be in the shit no matter how much you do for her anyway.

how long more do you have there?

Unfortunately they obviously just negotiated a better salary before they took the job.

In many jobs there is a salary band, so it's quite rare for all employees doing the same role to be on exactly the same pay.

If you think you deserve a raise then negotiate this with your employer - but don't use "X gets more money than me!" As one of your reasons why you deserve one!

Sorry just noticed you're already leaving. Same advice applies apart from obviously asking for a rise!

She lied about her capabilities at interview- maybe she just doesn't perform well in the face of obvious hostility.

And if they've been robbing you off about pay rises, maybe that was meant to send you a message I.e. you're not the star performer you think you are and they want you to move on.

I'm afraid that's the way of the corporate world. I used to be in your position, and I had to train the newbies too but as I didn't blame them (it was my arsehole of a big boss), I trained them well enough. I am now in the newbie's position at my new job and about to get promoted after 8 months so I am sure I am going to annoy some longer service employees. Part of the reasons I am getting promoted is because my new boss knows some people from my old work place and they told her about my professionalism, that and sheer hard work that I've put in to prove my worth.