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How to navigate salary transparency with design colleagues without damaging relationships

The other designers in my cohort at this agency have all been talking about their salary negotiations and I realized I'm making significantly less than them for the same work. We're supposed to be collaborative but there's this weird competitive undercurrent now and I don't know if we should be sharing this information or if it's just making everything awkward between us.

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You found out you're paid less than your coworkers for the same work, and now things feel tense.

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