Salary increases are impossible - Event Specialist VML Employee Review

No minimum salary increase to account for inflation. No salary increases in over 3 years for some team members, leadership always says “wait until the next cycle, you’ll be prioritized”. Then 6 months later: “sorry no raise possible it’s out of our hands, not based on performance though”. They also pay men more ($5k more for the man in a prior position to my co-worker, who took it over for him after he was laid off, she had 2 extra years experience at the company than him and still gets paid less). HR and leadership here is awful.