Employee at nonprofit organization discovers new hire gets higher salary, takes it up with manager, who refuses to give them a raise: ‘There will be no increase’

Who thought that a non-profit organization would be so… ungenerous towards their own people?

What makes a workplace somewhere employees want to stay? Is it the people, the money, the benefits? Is there a secret recipe that combines a set of workplace qualities to create the perfect place to work?

Well, if you ask us, many employees would be willing to give up most qualities, even pay and benefits, if it means they get to work at a place where they feel fulfilled and appreciated. Even if their workplace is unable to give them a raise every year, or if they don't get too much PTO, they would stay for years just because they simply enjoy coming into work every single day.

However, all it takes is one action from the employer's behalf to have their employees running out the door. Like when the nonprofit organization below decided to cut a longtime employee's hours and pay to accommodate a new hire. They decided they would rather pay a new, inexperienced employee a higher salary than to preserve someone who has loyally been there for the last two years.

When the longtime employee discovered the new hire was getting paid more than they did, they immediately confronted their manager. Sadly, the manager didn't have anything beneficial to say and only claimed that there were several reasons for the pay discrepancy. The employee didn't even have to read the whole email to understand that they will not be getting any raises anytime soon.