I believe there is another, one may say ingenious, solution to your problem. By working as a team with your fellow coworkers, you can strategically use the knowledge of what you all make to negotiate everyone’s salary. However, at the end of the day, you and your coworkers combine what you all make and divide it amongst yourselves evenly. The trick is that your employer cannot have any idea that this plan is taking place. In his or her eyes, they will think that these individual negotiations imply that they have created a healthy, competitive work environment, when in reality, it doesn’t matter who makes what, just as long as someone is getting a raise, everyone wins.
My coworkers and I started doing this about 8 months ago and it’s honestly the best case scenario. I haven’t had to work one lick harder, yet I’m making a great deal more than before. My boss seems to be pleased with how “hard” we work and it has brought me closer to my fellow coworkerscomrades.