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notjanine · 5 months ago

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update on this situation: i have a plan

me a week ago: i love my job!!

me now, after having a mid-year review that amounted to you’re doing an excellent job and you bring such a valuable perspective to our practice but i don’t have the ability to give you a raise right now but don’t worry bc i just hired a new CFO to try to figure out money so we can maybe give you a raise later this year: *breaks into a cold sweat as i crack open indeed dot com*

#i complained to my mom about this and then remembered she has experience being a Boss when she advised me to #-set up another meeting with my boss #-explain why i deserve a raise (good work irreplaceable value due to my identitities cost of living in the city where i live and work)#-provide context for what my peers are getting paid (a friend let me know exact numbers for her same job and hoo boy i am EXPLOITED)#-request a timeline for a raise with specific numbers in writing #-let her know that i’ll be job hunting if it’s insufficient #all sounds reasonable but also sounds uncomfortable as hell #bc like she already said no. and also i don’t want to find a new job. but i do need to survive.#i also have a BUNCH of meetings/hangs next week to run stuff by peers and colleagues #i’m hanging with two friends who work at an almost identical practice as far as services offered and population served #they’re making ~twice as much as me but i’m gonna get specific numbers #i’ll be seeing my supervisor at work is also a clinician but she’s senior to me but we have a good relationship #and i’m gonna ask her how much she’s making and what her raises have been like #(and maybe i’ll tell her how much they’re making at the other practice bc what if she also doesn’t know!!)#i also have a meeting with a fun new colleague who works at a different but similar practice that doesn’t have anyone who does my job #so i might just be like Hey y’all need an RD?? jk jk! unless….#and then i might talk to my mentor too even tho she works in a very different job and city but just to run things by her #anyway. i am working on this #and also maybe i’ll fucking bounce bc it’s CRAZY how much my friend is being offered for the same job at a different practice #like she’d be making TEN TIMES what i’m getting for admin hours. which is the worst part of the job!!!#and then yeah almost double overall #this is NUTS like where is all the money at this place GOING??!#there have been red flags since the beginning but i thought that was just how this profession is #(bc it is terrible and exploitative)#but hearing what my friends are getting is like. oh okay it doesn’t actually have to be like THIS? inchresting

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