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## [Underpaid or Misunderstanding?](https://insights.mastertek.com.au/blog/2016/06/underpaid-or-misunderstanding)

Posted by [admin](https://insights.mastertek.com.au/blog/author/admin) on 21-Jun-2016 18:39:29

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How many times have you been challenged by an individual claiming that the organisation is underpaying or not competitive? Often times what they really mean is:  
 \[minti\_blockquote\]"I know at least one company that pays at least one person more than I'm paid for doing what I think might be a similar job."\[/minti\_blockquote\]

What's worse than individual employees coming to these conclusions on their own behalf is when our organisation's leaders fall in to the same trap. They've seen a job ad or heard a rumour that company B has offered someone more than we're paying and all of a sudden we're 'underpaying'....

[Click here](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/underpaid-misunderstanding-jamie-anderson?trk=mp-reader-card) to read full post.

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