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[tanaise]

Okay, so I have to go talk to my boss about why I didn't get the promotion I should have gotten. I have to do this. they're not going to suddenly decide that I deserve more money. And it's not like my boss is scary or anything. She can be, but she's more mom-like than anything--she'll get upset about stuff, but only when you deserve her to be upset, and really, most of the time when you think she's going to be mad, she just looks disappointed in you and helps you find another solution. So it's not that.

See, I should have been moved up. I've been at level 2 for 2 years, and everyone else who started with me or about the same time as me has been moved up (and most of them are leaving before the end of the summer.), but I'm still a level 2. My guess is that I didn't get moved up because officially I haven't been at this position for two years--my first 9 months were as an administrative assistant. But I've been doing this *work* for 2 years--the first book I worked on came out in May 2000--NCES 2000-189, Reference and Reporting Guide. So with any luck, if someone were to point this all out, I'd get moved up, ops, sorry, here's your new cards.

Because it shouldn't be anything else. I'm a good worker, I do everything I'm supposed to do, I seek out work when I run out. I have people who give me work whenever they can, because they like the job I do. one of the big dogs upstairs with our client wanted me full-time on his prokect--even if I was just sitting around doing nothing--because he likes how I work. I've never had people complain about my work that I know of, and definately not to me. I handle the QC for the whole team, and my boss-type coworker here didn't want me to go to Clarion because she doesn't have anyone to do those parts of my job, at least not as well as I do. I don't over charge projects, I don't over charge overhead, I deserve to be moved up.

It's just...I feel guilty asking this. I feel greedy. I'm making plenty of money. I don't *need* more money. But I want more money. Well, that's not quite right. I want the same amount of money as the rest of the people here with the same education and the same experience. I don't want to be penalized because I was offically admin for 9 months. It isn't fair. I did the same work I do now, only I did less, because I had to help run the whole place. Plenty of RAs do admin work as part of their general duties. Mine just had more Admin than other duties. And there's not a single one of the RAs--Research *Associates* now--doing stuff that I wouldn't be able to do if I had to, or if I'd started out in that position. So I deserve to be making an equal amount of money. Right?

Comments

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Right. You *do* deserve this. *hugs*

Go for it.

[wintersweet.livejournal.com]

We all know I'm feminist and believe the system is sometimes out to get us, but I also firmly believe that one reason women don't always advance as far as men is precisely because in this kind of situation we tend to do nothing. We talk ourselves out of it by feeling grasping, greedy, pushy, and so on. It sounds to me like you totally deserve it. Go for it! having a good boss makes a big difference, as it sounds like she'll be able to explain her positive or negative response thoroughly.

Go Celia!

[tikimama.livejournal.com]

It's not being greedy to be asked to be recognized and acknowledged. Not that I think there is anything wrong with being greedy, but you really aren't being that way.

Besides, _not_ promoting you indicates that there is something wrong with your performance, and it doesn't sound like that was the issue.

You can bet I'll be making a lot of noise in July if I don't get a raise, since my review was stellar.

[yendi]

Go for it -- not only do you clearly deserve it, but since they've established a pattern of promotion for other folks who started around then, they can't claim that they can't afford the promotion/raise.

[tanaise.livejournal.com]

Lack of money so isn't something they can use as an argument anyways. We were worth 21 million dollars my first year here, and we've nearly doubled in size since then--850 employees, from MA to GA and out to CA. Wow...MA, VA, GA, CA, and DC. Well, the DC doesn't work as well. My boss is going to look into it, and I have an arguement prepared if the answer comes back that it's a lack of time-in-this-position issue.