Citigroup Contract Worker Discovers Huge Salary Disparity and Shares Story on Social Media

Kimberly Nguyen, a 25-year-old user experience writer at Citigroup, discovered that her company was seeking to hire someone for the same position as hers but with a salary range of $32,000 to $90,000 higher than her current salary. In response, she applied for the role on LinkedIn and shared her story on Twitter, which has gone viral with 12.8 million views.
 
Kimberly Nguyen Exposes Citigroup's Huge Salary Disparity and Goes Viral on Twitter
 

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During an interview with CNBC, Nguyen, who resides in New York City, it was revealed that she earns an annual salary of $85,000, despite being a contract worker. She further asserted that she was promised a full-time position when hired.

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The city's recently implemented salary transparency law requires job listings to include salary ranges. The LinkedIn post for the same role as Nguyen's showed a salary range of $117,200 to $175,800, but it no longer accepts applications. Nguyen shared the job posting with her colleagues, which led to a meeting with the Human Resources department.

Despite requesting a raise for months, Nguyen claimed she was told Citigroup did not have the financial means to increase her salary. A spokesperson for Citigroup explained that they use Photon, a contractor service, to negotiate pay rates on behalf of contractors and that they have no control over contractor salaries. Nguyen expressed her vulnerability as a contractor and shared her doubts about the promised full-time employee conversion. "The full-time employee conversion is being dangled in front of me like a reward that I'm not sure I'm guaranteed," she explained to the outlet.