Earlier, I was sent an instant message by the company president's executive assistant that I am wanted in a meeting at a conference room. How I dreaded such meetings, mainly for two reasons. One, meetings such as those took quite a long time and my time for programming is greatly reduced, which means I have to extend my regular hours so that I can finish a certain module, which means going home a little late. Second, is that in that meeting I would meet face to face my ever so favorite officemate (the one I've had a big argument with, read my previous blogs). Though I personally did not want to be in that meeting, I went, still.
In the meeting, I was surprised that we had guests, mainly the representatives from a web design firm who will handle the templates for our project. To my surprise, my boss introduced me in this non-challant manner, "this is dazed, the project manager." What? Wait a second. No... I am not the project manager. I think. Okay so in the delegation of the job and how I work, and how I represent the team, I probably am. You see, for a 21 year old programmer who just graduated not less than a year ago from a prestigious university no less, being addressed like that is such a priviledge and honor.
So its good that dazed is already a project manager at the age of 21 right? No. N.O. No. Why? Well, first and foremost, in title I am just a applications developer, and by salary also. As I have suspected, me and my teammates receive almostthe same salary. So what's the point of being the team lead/project head if your salary is basically the same? Well, its the prestige of being called one, other than that, zilch, nada, kaput.
It just seems a little unfair because I am the one acting as the leader yet I receive the same salary. Oh well.
My teammates and my boss indeed treat me as the team lead because my boss directly coordinates with me, and in turn I have to disseminate the information and divide the tasks. Aside from that, I also do the debugging, integration, testing, and interfaces. Arggg...Maybe I should ask the HR of what I should do about it...oh well...
Overworked yet underpaid,
dazed
P.S. maybe I should try being irresponsible for a change? LOl {{giggles}}
dazed_and_confused posted on Mar 12, 2007
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queenparanoia said on Mar 12, 2007....
wow you have the same salary but you have more workload??? stupid boss!! ask for a raise!!! -
silverwhisper said on Mar 12, 2007....
dazed, i say you should tell your boss, "thanks for the promotion. have you already approved this w/ HR?"
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dazed_and_confused said on Mar 12, 2007....
hi queen! :D anyway, I am going to ask the HR several matters today aside from that position. Hopefully I would be able to finish my tasks today.
hi silver! hahaha. Right on! you know what, we are going to code overnight again tonight. Ouch. Hopefully I would be able to go home tomorrow at 2 or 3 in the afternoon.
Trying to be mentally prepared,
dazed
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Lioness said on Mar 12, 2007....
Hmmm... I could smell a promotion here. LOL
Yeah, I go with the rest, demand for a raise and a promotion, for God's sake. You deserve it!
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dazed_and_confused said on Mar 12, 2007....
hhha! LOL. the thing is I don't know how to demand one. {{Note: I am just working for 11 months, and 8 months in this company}} So I don't know how to negotiate such a thing.
Any ideas or suggestions? Good lord, I don't know how to carefully approach this situation without sounding too cocky or obnoxious for my own good.
cheers!
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silverwhisper said on Mar 13, 2007....
it isn't a negotiation. talk to your boss and say exactly what i said in the first comment. "thanks for the promotion, and has HR already signed off on this?" :> say it w/ a smile, and he'll have to respond one way or the other, right?
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dazed_and_confused said on Mar 13, 2007....
thanks for the suggestion silver! I'll keep that in mind! :P
Oh well, I didn't have time to talk to my boss about this because we talked about the project. LOL.
Cheers!
P.S. I've got another overnight coding tonight! :P
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mysterious said on Mar 24, 2007....
LOL I agree with what silver said, go for it girl! Congratulations, by the way, on doing a great job! -
dazed_and_confused said on Mar 25, 2007....
hi mysterious! :P thanks for dropping by! :P
Thank you! :P Anyway, I'm probably leaving the company in July... :P Heheh... Well, its because I've been given better offers such as bigger salary, training opportunities, more benefits, and better work hours! :P
I'll keep everybody posted on my job updates!
Cheers
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