Inbox: "Asked for a raise and was told it would increase my salary above more senior employees, so no." This is just a negotiating position. Your market value is not set by your number of days served in comparison to the nearest coworker, but by demonstrated business impact.
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Note that there is a long, long history of bosses making this into a contest between you and your coworkers. That is a distraction. You gain absolutely nothing by saying "I am better than Suzy and should be paid more."
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The only comparison that matters is "Your present offer for my services is X. We both know that I would, if I subjected myself to market discipline, be offered Y by at least one firm. You don't want me to ask around. I don't want to have to ask around. X < Y. Fix X."
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