[sameyolo]

A lot of really poor advice so far in this thread. Unfortunately your personal best bet is probably to do nothing. If it really bugged you, find a new job silently because everyone is hiring.

The realistic answer is that you deliver the news to your team during your one on ones, explain the matter was not in your hands, and move on. If someone leaves over pay (which is reasonable) but you do not control pay, then it's not on you.

Don't be too hard on yourself.

[mattbillenstein]

This can probably be grouped with the "poor advice in this thread"

[scarface74]

This is not good advice. As a manager you represent the company to your reports. To say it isn’t your decision is not helpful.

If it wasn’t your decision, it tells me that you are impotent and don’t have the pull to get me the compensation I want and I still leave.

Even if it was your decision, I would still leave. Whether it was your decision or not is meaningless to me.

[walamaking]

How's this advice good?