I work as an analyst and this is my first real job out of college; been here about two years now, pretty much being WFH the whole time.
It was a new field to me but I was catching on quick and even began to Quality Control others within my first year. About six months ago I was asked if I wanted to help train some new people internationally and be sent overseas to help set up and train a new office, but of course Delta happened at that time and things got cancelled.
Instead, they had me become a team lead for their international project remotely and put me in charge of a group of 50+ analysts, making work plans, ticket assignments, conducting trainings, running meetings, doing one-on-one “remediations”, pretty much all manager responsibilities.
The thing is, I’m still just considered to be at the associate level officially and am not being paid any more than I was before all these extra responsibilities. I’m feeling overwhelmed, often having to stay extra hours as my manager will shift people off my team while still expecting the same workload to be delivered. I’ve asked about a title change or pay raise but I just get the “we’ll take a look at that during the end year reviews”, which still haven’t even happened yet.
I’m just frustrated as I feel like I’m doing all this extra work for what feels like even less pay with where the economy is right now. Been looking at other jobs but haven’t heard back yet.
Supposedly performance reviews are coming soon, do I tell my manager I’m miserable and looking to leave unless things significantly change? I don’t know if I should tell them I want to leave since they would need someone else to take on all my responsibilities and I would need to show them my processes. I feel so burnt out and done but I can’t just quit without another job lined up. Not sure what to do in the meantime before I hear back from other jobs, just keep my head down and grind I guess.