i am soooo pissed OMG IM SO GONNA GET FIRED UPDATED! lol

That's definately unfair that they passed this position to you without discussing it with you first and without offering you some sort of pay increase or bonus for doing it. Maybe they're testing you. Maybe if you do well in this position, they'll make it a permanent position for you and they'll give you a raise. (just trying to lend a bit of optimism here) I hope everything works out

This has happened to be more times now that I can count

The last time was 'Hey we work hard and do stuff we're not even supposed to' (our complaint) Their reply: 'You've been promoted!' You are now a Client rep..and as such you are responsible for.. blah blah blah (MORE WORK). ... NO PAY INCREASE!

I once got two jobs on top of mine. One lady had her knees replaced, the other had two strokes. No pay increase not even a title increase.. just work work work.

I learned from that and took it with me. I have a buttload of experience, yeah it paid off a few years later.. but did it su*k? OH YEAH!

Sorry you're going through this.. hang tough!

Sounds like something that would happen at my company, and it does happen at my company. I cannot tell you how many times it has happen to me in the past. I used to be negative about it like you are doing now, and to tell you the truth it got me nowhere...Now I just grin and bare it....

Hopefully your company is not like my company where they dont really care if you do the work and you arent going to get taken care of in the future....Hopefully your company will remember the extra work you did and reward you for it in the future.
Scott

Michi,
I can understand why this would upset you, but in all honesty -this is an old Publishing trick!!! This industry is famous for giving assistants al the grunt work, and then doubling that workload without any extra compensation! This same thing happened to me when my first boss left - but she was a rare gem because she actually pulled for me to get a good promotion/raise if I was going to be doing her job.... But that was an exception. I seee it all the time at my job now too. My advice is HANG IN THERE! This will only work in your favor in the end. Do the work, LEARN how to do your boss's job and chalk it up to experience! Your coworkrs will see you as someone willing to go the extra mile and you will be respected for bearing a heavier workload. Unless you just don't really care about this job - I would do what you can to get people to notice how well you adapt to new responsibilities.

ETA - I doubbt you would get fired over what you siad, but your co-worker was right to advise you not to speak so freely about your opinion of the situation... You never know when things like that can come back to haunt you, and honestly - you're not really giving your co-workers a good impression by talking that way either. JMO I know what it's like in this field - but you really have to work your butt off in the beginning if you want to go anywhere in Publishing.

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Posted by bluegrl24ny

Michi,
I can understand why this would upset you, but in all honesty -this is an old Publishing trick!!! This industry is famous for giving assistants al the grunt work, and then doubling that workload without any extra compensation! This same thing happened to me when my first boss left - but she was a rare gem because she actually pulled for me to get a good promotion/raise if I was going to be doing her job.... But that was an exception. I seee it all the time at my job now too. My advice is HANG IN THERE! This will only work in your favor in the end. Do the work, LEARN how to do your boss's job and chalk it up to experience! Your coworkrs will see you as someone willing to go the extra mile and you will be respected for bearing a heavier workload. Unless you just don't really care about this job - I would do what you can to get people to notice how well you adapt to new responsibilities.

ETA - I doubbt you would get fired over what you siad, but your co-worker was right to advise you not to speak so freely about your opinion of the situation... You never know when things like that can come back to haunt you, and honestly - you're not really giving your co-workers a good impression by talking that way either. JMO I know what it's like in this field - but you really have to work your butt off in the beginning if you want to go anywhere in Publishing.

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AMEN!! that's our industry. Take it or leave it. I made the best of my situation... and I'm VERY happy where I am now in my career.

I'll tell you hat I alwasy tell Fh when they do this to him...they're testing you to see igf you have advancement potential!

It sounds good, anyway

That stinks. I hope everything works out.

Sorry you have to go thru this. Hope everything works out for you!

BTW, Michi...

LOVE YOU!


I hope it works out

thanks for the support and insight girls!!!

's to you Michi!!