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It is absolutely not your problem to comment on this matter. It's actually none of your business.

Also, admitting that you were looking at offer letters when you should have known straight away from first glance that it was none of your business could bring some heat on you and your career that you certainly won't appreciate.

Mind your own business.

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Agreed fully. It was a bad move to look at the letter (even if it was in the open). Don't follow up with another move that's even worse. Not only will your slip-up become known but you're boss and the new hire will be be mad at you.

Plus, as someone else said: unless you know what male new hires get paid now, there is no evidence of any wrongdoing.

Also: maybe they get some other benefit (e.g. relocation money) you don't receive or you just negotiated better.

This fear of sharing income information is crazy. Get over it.

This information wasn't "shared" in any sense of the word

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