Job/salary advice required please
My office is in the process of finding me a new underling which is all fair and good. I've been involved in the interview process and selection which has been absolutely fine with me. The problem has arisen after they made one of the prospective employees an offer which equals my salary albeit they will be working a four day week so it is pro rata. I've recently negotiated myself a pleasant rise to achieve my current salary after being with the company a while and implementing successful changes to the working procedures so they are happy enough with me. Marketplace forces have made it difficult for us to find replacements and my last underling was brought in from a completely unrelated background and taught from scratch.
I guess I am aggrieved by the fact that my new (let's be more civil) assistant will have less experience but earn the same due to the marketplace. My issue is how do I approach my Director and say that although happy with my increase they have successfully managed to make it all feel worthless by paying the new member of staff this wage? I feel justified to ask for another increase but is it going to be batted away or taken seriously.
They could replace me but they'd be paying eve more if they could find a candidate.