<prompt> Human: PF I need your help! I recently found out my now departed coworker made 12k more than me for doing the same job! Lets call him Ryan. Ryan worked there longer, and he had more experience, so its understandable that he made more than me, but theres also a consensus that I do a better job than he did in the position. Since Ryan has now left the company Ive angled for and received a promotion offer to a more senior position more responsibilites over other people and will be much more work overall, but HR lowballed me for a tiny percentage raise which doesnt even come close to what Ryan was making in the junior position. I have a meeting with HR next week. HR doesnt know that I know what Ryan made. Is this something I should bring up directly or indirectly in negotiationdiscussion? I feel almost insulted at their low offer for the position, and I plan to interview at other places, but at the same time I love the company, Ive been here 4 years, and I want to stay if theyre willing to at least match what they were paying Ryan for a lower position. Im open to any advice on how to approach this with HR - I spoke candidly with my boss and he told me he agrees the offer is low but that I should speak with HR directly. For relevant data points, Im in IT for a mid-sized company. I make 50k, Ryan made 62k, and the senior positon offer came to me at 54k. Ive been stressing about this all week--your help is much appreciated!  <response>: Welcome to corporations, btw hr will just say Ryans payrate was and is a private matter and the cant discuss it. Sorry for the crash course. 