TDLR at the end
So I’ve been working for this company for almost two years and I’m planning to leave. I like the place but I’m looking for a raise that I likely won’t receive here.
In the time that I worked for them, I have been blessed with an amazing supervisor. He has been with the company for 5 years and is working on basically all the projects of my department. He knows my projects better than me and he can do everything that is needed on our job (we are cloud data engineers for a consulting company). While I don’t necessarily work all the hours of my work day (there is a lot of downtime due to clients not needing support), he is constantly busy helping everybody, giving us direction, basically babysitting us all.
Last week I was shocked when I found out that he only makes 2k per year more than me, one extra dinner out every month for all those responsibilities, it’s embarrassing. He definitely doesn’t understand how valuable he is is for the company, or how much he could be making somewhere else (or should already be making where he is). Another confirmation that hard work doesn’t pay, if I ever needed one.
Now, since I’m expecting to leave soon I want him to know that I basically make as much as him by doing 1/10 of what he does, I hope it will open his eyes. I don’t feel like telling him directly though, I don’t want him to feel “belittled” by me. Have you got any advice on how to let him know in a discreet and casual way?
TDLR I make as much as my supervisor who does 10x what everybody else does at the company, how should I tell him in a discreet way before leaving?