<prompt> Human: So I started my first real job last summer, got an offer for a bit lower than I expected for the job and the city I would be working in biotech start up and when I tried to negotiate for more because I knew I could be making just as much in a much cheaper city I got a call from the VP of RD who told me that he thought the offer was competitive. Additionally I was told by him that all entry level employees make the same but that evaluations would happen soon after my employment and that based on the quality of my work and based on my work ethic there was room for growth and improvement of pay. I was very interested in the work and decided it would be a very cool experience that could build up my experience in biotech and industry. Evaluations happened a month and a half ago with no foreseeable follow up and then 2 weeks ago they fired that VP for unrelated reasons as far as I can tell. That being said, last week I found out all my peers make more than me, one of which makes 25 more than me despite only starting a few weeks before me though they did intern with the company previously. The others started exactly when I did. And I know I have more experience in this field overall than all of them just based on CVs and that all of my experience is directly applicable to the current project including a year of experience doing the same type of work but in academia. So I was blatantly lied to. And I am pissed. Advice on how to negotiate to fix this would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance. edit: a word  <response>: I was a temp that went from a term contract to indefinite extension based on the work I was doing. I tried, for months, to get them to convert that to their payroll and then a full time position. I was promised by my immediate boss that she was working on it and to be patient.I worked my ass off and then just got fed up. The job market was tough post-recession and I had just that experience since graduation but eventually I had a successful string of interviews with a job offer set to come my way. I made it no secret that I had interviews because I needed a full time position, talked to several people first boss was a former due to realignment in the company so she was a reference and after my successful interview I told my new boss I was set to leave as soon as an offer came.They put an offer out first. Scrambled and I had one in 12 hours. It was a little better than the other job which I actually didnt want so I took it after trying to work it a bit. I was fully ready to bail, though.One thing I learned is that no matter what you are told or how things are going, the company is loyal to the company and owe you, the employee, nothing outside of a salary. It means you have to take the initiative to take care of yourself. This was drilled home to me when my wifes company got bought out and she spent 2 months starting right before Christmas not knowing if she was going to be laid off or not. Two months of asking and not getting answers. She finally got an offer but it was hell for us mentally...and she was there 6 years.You do you. 