Twice a week we publish problems that will feature in a forthcoming Dear Jeremy advice column in the Saturday Guardian so that readers can offer their own advice and suggestions. We then print the best of your comments alongside Jeremy’s own insights. Here is the latest dilemma – what are your thoughts?
I have taken on a lot of extra responsibility at the request of my manager, but am not going to receive a salary increase.
I was hired as a media relations manager working to a director, and the director post was then dissolved by the new CEO.
I was asked to take on some of the responsibilities of this director and sit on the organisation’s management board. For the past six months I have had considerably more responsibility than when I joined the organisation almost a year ago, including managing a larger team, presenting budgets and strategies to our board of governance, and significant out-of-hours on-call duty.
At my recent appraisal, my work had glowing feedback and it was acknowledged I did far more than was originally in my job description, but I was told I would not get a pay increase until next year after I’d “proved myself”.
I am the youngest member of the board. Should I be seeing this extra responsibility as wonderful experience at this stage in my career, or should I be pushing for a raise? I can’t help but feel short-changed and under-appreciated, and I’m wondering how they would treat me if I was male.
Do you need advice on a work issue? For Jeremy’s and readers’ help, send a brief email to dear.jeremy@theguardian.com. Please note that he is unable to answer questions of a legal nature or to reply personally.
