At a work function a few months back, I ran into a popular manager that I have worked with on a few brief occasions. We have always gotten along and so when he and another colleague invited me and two others (one male and one female) along for drinks afterwards I didn’t think anything of [...]

We recently had our annual compensation meetings, and while a part of me hoped that management had somehow come to their senses and would give me a giant raise, I’m still making less than my peers, despite higher performance ratings.
The meeting started off with the usual pleasantries and the obligatory explanation of the numbers; basically [...]