I am so angry about my job!! Vent--need advice
I have been at my dental job for 4 years, I do practically everyone's job when asked. We dont' have any computer programs so everything is written, appts, ins forms. I call ins companies all the time I do people's dental instruments, I sometimes even do the laundry. Last week one of the girls was out so I had to work 6 days straight with crazy hours, I then learned how to develop xrays and refill items that were missing (that normally the assistants do), oh and even had to clean the office because the person responsible for this was out, hence i didn't get compensated for doing this person's paid job. This is great that I am very diversified!
The point being they give me a two dollar raise last december. I figured wow I am doing a good job because everyone else only got a dollar raise (it's a small office so you know everyone else's business). Now I feel like an idiot, because, about a month ago they hired a new receptionist part time. I found out through the grapevine that she is making 4 DOLLARS MORE than ME!!! She doesn't know anything, she is being trained, and she makes more money than me!! She doesn't call the ins companies yet, she doesn't do the instruments, she doesn't do the bills either. All she does is the main paperwork, that's fine, she's a sweetheart. My point is does someone who is new in the business only working PART TIME deserve 4 dollars more than someone who has been there for 4 years and knows the place by the back of her hand!!!???? I know now that they felt sorry for me because I was probably at the bottom of the totem poll so they decided to give me a two dollar raise last year, what a fool I feel like.
So now i need to ask for a raise, I pay 40 bucks a week for my ins, and I barely end up with any money for the week. I am in the middle of buying a house, by time I am done with the closing my whole savings account will be wiped out. I am living payment to payment literally now. I have never been like this in the past. I am planning to leave this job next year when I get married, am i still intitled to this raise and if so how much and how do I ask for it????
Thanks and sorry so long!
The point being they give me a two dollar raise last december. I figured wow I am doing a good job because everyone else only got a dollar raise (it's a small office so you know everyone else's business). Now I feel like an idiot, because, about a month ago they hired a new receptionist part time. I found out through the grapevine that she is making 4 DOLLARS MORE than ME!!! She doesn't know anything, she is being trained, and she makes more money than me!! She doesn't call the ins companies yet, she doesn't do the instruments, she doesn't do the bills either. All she does is the main paperwork, that's fine, she's a sweetheart. My point is does someone who is new in the business only working PART TIME deserve 4 dollars more than someone who has been there for 4 years and knows the place by the back of her hand!!!???? I know now that they felt sorry for me because I was probably at the bottom of the totem poll so they decided to give me a two dollar raise last year, what a fool I feel like.
So now i need to ask for a raise, I pay 40 bucks a week for my ins, and I barely end up with any money for the week. I am in the middle of buying a house, by time I am done with the closing my whole savings account will be wiped out. I am living payment to payment literally now. I have never been like this in the past. I am planning to leave this job next year when I get married, am i still intitled to this raise and if so how much and how do I ask for it????
Thanks and sorry so long!
