Getting Paid Fairly When Job Responsibilities Spiral?

greymond writes "I was originally hired as an Online Content Producer to write articles for a company website as well as start up the company's social media outlets on Facebook and Twitter. With budget cuts and layoffs I ended up also taking over the website facilitation for three of the company's websites (they let go of the current webmaster). During this time the company has been developing a new website and I was handed the role of pseudo project manager to make sure the developer stayed on course with the project's due date. Now that we're closer to launch the company has informed me that they don't have the budget or staff in place to set up the web server and have tasked me with setting up the LAMP and Zend App on an Amazon EC2 setup. While it's been years since I worked this much with Linux I'm picking it up and moving things along. Needless to say I want to ask for more money, as well as more resources (as well as a better title that fits my roles), but what is the best way to go about this? Of course my other thought is that I'd much rather go back to writing and working with marketing than getting back into IT."

Comments

Bad, Bad Idea

[chevman]

As a manager, I can tell you its this sort of short-sightedness that will buy you a one way ticket to the street.

1 month to launch? Sure, no problem, we'll give you a 10k per year raise.

And then we'll show you the exit a week or two after launch.

You think you're irreplaceable?

I think every time I post a new position I get 100 candidates more qualified than your dumbass.

Re:Dear Playboy, it happened to me

[CAIMLAS]

Maybe if your language skills were a bit better - and you were able to effectively convey a point - you'd have gotten those raises? My experience is that it's worth the effort to improve the "soft skills": you'll make more.

Also, an "IT manager" is not going to be doing PC support. Sorry. At best, you were the sysadmin for a small company.

That said, I can relate. I've been in the exact same situation you have (sans the poor language skills), and it sucks. Best thing you can do for yourself is to learn to screen the shitty jobs and interview your interviewers thoroughly. It's worth taking lower pay - even with a lot of work - if you're going to be working with, and for, people you like.