NYC woman reapplies to her OWN job after seeing the same position posted with a much higher salary

A New York City woman has revealed that she reapplied to her own job after her company listed the position online with a salary range that was $32,000 to $90,000 higher than hers. 

Kimberly Nguyen, 25, a Vietnamese-American poet and UX writer, came across the job listing on LinkedIn and was stunned to find out that her employer was offering tens of thousands of dollars more than she was being paid. 

‘My company just listed on LinkedIn a job posting for what I’m currently doing (so we’re hiring another UX writer) and now thanks to salary transparency laws, I see that they intend to pay this person $32k-$90k more than they currently pay me, so I applied,’ she tweeted on Tuesday. 

The post went viral and has been viewed more than 12.1 million times. She didn’t name the company, but she made it clear pay inequity has been an issue. 

 The post went viral and has been viewed more than 12.1 million times. She didn’t name the company, but she made it clear pay inequity has been an issue

‘I don’t want to hear one more peep out of them about diversity, equity, and inclusion. I don’t wanna see any more of our C-suite execs recommend books for women’s history month. There were tangible actions they could’ve taken and they chose to perform these values. No thank you,’ she wrote. 

‘I have also been arguing for months about the pay inequity. I have told my managers multiple times that I know I’m being underpaid. I have gotten the runaround, and they know they can do this right now in a tough labor market.’

Nguyen noted that she would be ‘less upset’ if the pay difference was only $10,000 to $15,000, but that wasn’t the case. 

‘I’ve been asking for a raise for months and they’re out here flaunting they’re willing to pay a new person at least $32k more than me??? For the same job??’ she asked. 

Nguyen said she posted the link to the job listing in a group chat with the company’s other UX writers, including their bosses, and asked if they could apply. 

She explained that they called an emergency meeting for the next morning and the job post was taken down.

‘Wait they just posted it again as a separate job posting. Who in HR is misunderstanding the assignment? Can I apply again?’ she tweeted on Wednesday.  

Nguyen noted that she would be ‘less upset’ if the pay difference was only $10,000 to $15,000, but her company was offering at least $32,000 more than she was making 

Nguyen later shared that she and her co-workers were told ‘nobody is getting a raise’ and threatened with ‘possible layoffs.’ She then announced she was looking for a new job 

‘They’re saying it was an internal posting and wasn’t meant for anyone to apply to externally because public companies legally have to post jobs even if it’s an internal conversion…but that doesn’t solve the fact that someone internally is now still going to make $32k+ more???’ 

She later shared highlights from the meeting, saying the MVP award goes to her coworker, who asked, ‘Wtf is this salary range? None of us make even close to the bottom end salary range.’

According to Nguyen, they were told that ‘nobody is getting a raise’ and were threatened with ‘possible layoffs.’ 

‘I’m officially announcing that I am looking for UX writing roles preferably remote, but I am currently located in New York City. Let me know if you have any leads,’ she announced after the meeting. 

Nguyen told BuzzFeed that she ‘felt disrespected’ by her company’s listing, but thought she could use it as ‘leverage’ to ask for a higher salary. 

However, Nguyen has found plenty of support on Twitter, where people offered her advice, sent her job leads, and even bought her debut book of poetry, Here I Am Burn Me

The Vietnamese-American poet shared her excitement on Thursday after she found out her book was number three in Asian-American poetry bestsellers on Amazon

Nguyen also thanked everyone who has taken the time to help her find a new job

She added that her employer has yet to respond to her application, saying, ‘I’m actually pretty sure they’re going to fire me for this whole debacle.’ 

However, Nguyen has found plenty of support on Twitter, where people offered her advice, sent her job leads, and even bought her debut book of poetry, Here I Am Burn Me.

She shared her excitement on Thursday after she found out her book was number three in Asian-American poetry bestsellers on Amazon.    

‘Thank you so much to everyone for your support and encouragement and for buying my poems!’ she wrote. 

Nguyen also thanked everyone who has taken the time to help her find a new job. 

‘I am so wildly grateful to everyone who has sent me job leads. It’s so touching to know that a bunch of strangers are rooting for me to get paid my market value and more,’ she added.