Eliza and Rich answer our viewers' questions. This month...

"I've been in the IT field for 8 years and 2 years ago I transitioned into a Cyber Security consultant role at one of the big four consultancy firms. Whilst I acknowledge that I am not the most experienced, I've been continuously improving and hold a CISSP certification. So here's the dilemma. I was given a small team of direct reports all with the same job title but in a lower pay band than me, or so I thought. During the interview process for a new team member, we agreed on a woman with one years experience in compliance who came through from a training bootcamp. Surprisingly she's being paid the same as me, despite being my direct report and she's earning 15K more than her male colleague with more experience than her. I don't want to jump to conclusions and assume this pay gap is solely because of her gender but it's hard to ignore the possibility. We have ambitious quotas to meet and this situation is causing me a lot of frustration. On one hand I understand that she may need time to gain experience but her pay grade implies a certain level of expertise. I can't help but feel a tinge of jealousy because I worked hard to reach my salary, while it seems she was handed hers. I want to support the women in cyber movement but incidents like this make it challenging. I've considered sharing my thoughts on LinkedIn but I'm worried it might harm my career. I'm so angry and I'm starting to dislike her even though it's not her fault. I've genuinely considered leaving because it feels so unfair."

Question: What should I do to handle this situations without driving myself mad with jealousy and how do I stop myself disliking her so much?