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The other new grad has no prior experience. Another nurse that did who started a month before us still got the same salary and a 2% raise. If it's performance based, then I just want the management to tell me during my review instead of saying I'm doing great and things are fine. The only reason they gave me for the half raise is that I hadn't been there long enough. Which is a blatant lie, and that's why I'm upset. What's to stop them from doing the same thing next year? I'm back and forth about talking to them. I'm a very passive person, respectful of authority and I hate rocking the boat. On the other hand, I expect a level of honesty from people.

Thanks for the feedback. We are a very cohesive crew and I can be fairly certain the other nurse is being honest. I would have zero problem with the discrepancy if I were told a legitimate reason as to why I was the one who was docked. If in some way my work was inadequate it would at least give me something to work for. I think it may just be time to find employment elsewhere. I can handle criticism much better than I can handle being blatantly lied to. I just go to work angry now because after working so hard on such a difficult unit for the past year, I feel like it was all for naught. I want to let it go, I'm a pretty easy-going person and rarely get upset about things. But I have a decent commute and someone who is basically financially dependent on me, I just don't feel like I can sit around for a year and hope for better luck next year.

The other nurse and I were both new grads when we started. I wouldn't have such a problem with the disparity if I didn't feel like I had been lied to. I almost wish I didn't know, because now I feel like I'm being singled out.

Hi, I'm a relatively new nurse, I'm coming up on my one year anniversary at the hospital I work at. That being said, I've recently had my annual review. It was positive all around, I was pleased, and then came time for our raises. We were told there was a 2% cap on the raises. When I received mine, my supervisor told me I only received 1% because I hadn't been there for a full year, which, although it was disappointing, I understood. We were told to keep them confidential, but that didn't happen. I have learned that another nurse, who started at the exact same time as I did, had received the full 2%. I then learned other nurses earned a 3% raise. I am fairly upset. Do I have the right to be? Should I question my supervisor about it? And If I do, how do I approach the subject. Thanks for reading!