For over a year now, I've taken over a marketing supervisor position that was being unfulfilled since the previous girl quit. Before that, I had maybe half the responsibilities I do now. It's common now that my work bleeds over into evenings and weekends, and that wouldn't bother me at all if I felt I was being compensated well for it. When I stepped in to help with this position, no one else knew how to manage it, including myself for majority of the tasks. But I worked hard to learn what I needed to and now the title has been officially given to me.
I think my first mistake was not demanding a raise as soon as my job title was changed. I knew how much she made, almost twice as much as me. I was told raises weren't being given out at the moment but one would soon happen for me with my new responsibilities. That promise went on for almost 9 months until I finally requested a meeting with the higher ups about a pay raise after they tried to put yet another large responsibility on me. Again, would be happy to do it but I need to be paid better.
The raise they offered was only a 5% increase. I tried to negotiate, explaining to them that my current pay was based off being a marketing designer, and believed it was fair I receive a supervisor salary. Because shocking, I AM a supervisor now. They responded that they never give out more than 5% (bs) and that if I keep working hard, I can earn another raise in the future… work hard, ive worked my ass off to take this job over and even saved them money because they didnt have to hire a new employee. They didn't budge and I was left with an insultingly low raise.
Im more sad than I am mad, I tried so hard to take steps forward in this company. I love my coworkers and bosses, but I feel so undervalued now. I feel like I'm already grieving what I know is inevitable, I have to quit 🙁