A NYC worker saw her company was hiring for her job title but paying up to $90K more—so she applied for it

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A NYC worker saw her company was hiring for her job title but paying up to $90K more—so she applied for it (via CNBCMakeIt)

for learning a role with her job title was being advertised online and offering up to $90,000 more per year, thanks to a new salary transparency law in the city.

A Citi spokesperson tells CNBC Make It the company pays Photon, a contractor service, a market-competitive rate for their services, however Photon negotiates the individual's pay rate. Photon did not return CNBC Make It's request for comment. After seeing the job listing Tuesday, Nguyen says she posted the link in a group chat with her UX writer coworkers, which prompted an emergency meeting at work with HR.

Nguyen says she never expected her tweet to resonate with so many people and hopes it leads to greater transparency and accountability for pay equity.

 

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MakeIt She doesn't work for citi. She's a W-2 employee on assignment at Citi. I understand the sentiment of the story, but this is a poor example

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