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Doing work outside of job description

Hey all. So, I got hired at a small company to do some ecommerce management. Basically managing things like their Amazon account and website. I’m only about 4 months into the job with a raise to be discussed at the 6 month mark. Maybe about a month ago, we had to create new graphics for some products. My boss had no one to do this and I told him I have some experience in photography and photoshop and that I could do it for him. I expected this to be a one time thing and I offered my skills to be curteous as I wanted to help. (I know, I know) Fast forward to now: Product photography, color grading and graphic design has become a pretty regular part of my job with these tasks taking entire days sometimes on top of my actual job description that I also do regularly.…


Hey all. So, I got hired at a small company to do some ecommerce management. Basically managing things like their Amazon account and website. I’m only about 4 months into the job with a raise to be discussed at the 6 month mark.

Maybe about a month ago, we had to create new graphics for some products. My boss had no one to do this and I told him I have some experience in photography and photoshop and that I could do it for him. I expected this to be a one time thing and I offered my skills to be curteous as I wanted to help. (I know, I know)

Fast forward to now:

Product photography, color grading and graphic design has become a pretty regular part of my job with these tasks taking entire days sometimes on top of my actual job description that I also do regularly.

Each of those 3 skills could be their own standalone position and have nothing to do with my actual job description.

I want to ask for a raise as compensation for regularly utilizing these skills and doing unrelated work but I don’t know if I’m being reasonable, mostly because I’ve only been here for 4 months.

Just looking for some advice. Is it too early or should I just ask?

Tldr; doing extra work that has nothing to do with my role and I’m wondering if I should ask for a raise.

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