<prompt> Human: Someone who I trust who was hired on at the same time as me for the exact same role confided in me when I asked, and said they were paid 11k more than myself. That was really frustrating to hear, especially when we do the same exact work. Another person on my project signed on with me as well and is the laziest person I know and they are making more than me. I even know other people from the same orientation class who, while they didnt get signed to my project, are also payed a similar amount more than me.I dont want to come off sounding like a greedy asshole who just expects more money because someone else is making that, but I would really like to bring it up somehow in a professional manner and talk about what I think I should have been earning from the beginning.Is there any good way to approach this in a review, or am I just being greedy?Edit: nobody negotiated Edit 2: feel as if I wasnt very clear in my post, and didnt state my end goal. I dont necessarily want exactly what my other coworkers are getting paid, I want to be able to go into my review and just negotiate a higher pay raise than they may offer me as a standard annual raise. Im not asking for 11k though that would be niceEdit 3: Im not a woman or a minority. Ive also graduated college. Assistant: Your not being greedy, but in my opinion, NOTHING good ever comes out of bringing up differences in salary with management. Rather than stating XXX is making more than me, your approach should be focused on the monetary value of your position and where you think you should be. Do you feel your position is underpaid? If so, come up with some supporting information to bolster your case. Show why you should be paid more for the work you do. If you can do this, you will have a better chance at ending with an outcome you are hoping for.Human: Thanks this helped.  <response>: Another factor is when you are getting hired the company gives you a number. if you ask for more and they dont cave you can walk away. If you accept the low pay you kind of show your hand to HR. When you come back to the table and say hey you tricked me HR will usually low ball you knowing you only want the raise because you figured out they could pay more. To add to what this guy is saying you have to be worth more. If you take HR back to the table and say I have a better offer. I want to stay here but I cant ignore that I am worth more. If you cant give me xxx then I will have to work somewhere else. They will have a meeting to see if its worth keeping you or if they are willing to let you quit. They may just be calling your buff in which case its win win for them. Either you quit and they save money or you dont quit and they give you a regularly scheduled raise. 