RE: More responsibilities, but no more $

["Brierley, Sean" <Sean -at- Quodata -dot- Com>]

Well . . .

I think the answer is obvious and depends on the following:

1) Do you want the increased responsibilities? Do these responsibilities
cause you to learn something nifty, become more valuable to your company,
pad your resume significantly, etc.?

2) If you do not want the increased responsibilities without more pay, can
you decline the responsibilities and stay where you are, comfortably?

3) If more pay is an issue, can you talk to and negotiate with your company
on the issue? Maybe they'll pony-up a signing bonus or something?

4) Agreed, your employer seems to have gone back on their word, and that is
disconcerting. Why? Did somebody make a promise that they had not the
authority to make?

5) Autobail is a bad thing. Take an intelligent look at your situation. Talk
about it with close friends and see what their perspective is. Certainly, if
you are jumping, prepare a parachute ahead of time by interviewing for and
getting another job . . ..

Cheers,

Sean<Br>
sean -at- quodata -dot- com

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Swallow, William [SMTP:WSwallow -at- courion -dot- com]
> Sent:	Thursday, August 02, 2001 7:50 AM
> To:	TECHWR-L
> Subject:	RE: More responsibilities, but no more $
> 
> The logical answer is to then not accept the additional responsibilities.
> Rationally though, this might not be the best choice.
> 
> Why did they pull the pay increase? Did they validate their decision to do
> so?
> 
> This doesn't have to be a difficult situation. Talk down to earth with
> your
> manager. I'm sure you'll at least get an idea as to why the pay increase
> was
> rejected. You can then make a decision from there.
> 
> Out of curiosity, what were these additional responsibilities? Were they
> outside the scope of your job, or more in line with what you should be
> doing? Also, are you not happy with your pay right now, or is it
> comfortable? Would it still be comfortable with these extra duties?

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