I know I will be hammered for this post but I truly want to get it off my chest. I know I am probably wrong, I know.
I have been working in this company for 6 months now. Four months in, boss called me in his office and talked about me getting a raise 6 months in, how I am doing amazing etc etc. The raise will probably be small, let's say about 100$ (in my country its not bad). I truly appreciate this. I think these days he will talk to me about it.
Then there is my friend. She has been in the company for 2 years vs 6 months me. After 1 year, she got 100$ raise. Now, after 2 years, she got another 150$.
Now, I know getting a raise only 6 months in is very rare and I really really appreciate it.
However I can't help myself but feel bad. I know I am making bad comparisons, my friend has been there for 2 years while I have only been for 6 months (she started with the same money as I started, difference is she got a raise after a year instead of six months).
I don't want to sound like a bad guy, I really don't, but I feel like the amount of work we produce is not the same. Half of the time she is on the phone arguing with her boyfriend or checking the news on her PC. While I am pretty much always doing work and focused. Again, I love her, I have known her for ages and I really really appreciate her. But truth is she is often doing much much less.
To not sound like a bad guy, my other co worker is doing A LOT and he deserves every bit of the salary he makes (which is much more than us and fairly so).
TL;DR Today I got to know about her raise but instead of being happy, I kind of felt like ****. I am not sure if I am just a **** person with unrealistic expectations, but these are my feelings..I feel like we are treated the same, that despite all the work I put it mainly and all comes down to how long one has been in the company which makes me extremely disappointed.