Open Question: What would you do if you were in my work place? Move on or stick with it?

I ve been working for the same company for 11 years. It is a very small company and the owner who is also a colleague wants me to take it over when he retires but it could be empty words. I have not had a pay rise in 3 years now and when I approach the subject he said that it must be an upper limit. Is there an upper limit? People get at least the inflation rate otherwise how would I survive? I have no other benefits, no pension, no bonuses. It is a highly skilled and creative job. The other thing is I m a video editor and this is my job role. But I do several other things which are jobs by themselves. I do sound, camera, DVD programming, looking after servers, animations etc and all to a very high standard. So he ll have to employ at least another two persons to do all this type of jobs. I m from abroad and have worked for him since I was 25. How would I go about and be assertive and explain to him that the more I do the more I should get paid and that I need to have the inflation rate salary increase. Am I better off starting fresh in another company with better career prospects? I dont know what to do cause I dont want to throw away 11 years of my life and the 1000s of hours of unpaid overtime because how about if he does leave the company to me? I m getting so depressed and my wages are so poor compared to my peers I strugle every month which affects my life cause I cant have relationships or go out. What would you do?

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0Jobexpert2010-11-15 22:42#1

I would ask him if you could have a moment to sit down and talk about the future. Tell him you have been offered a job with much better pay, and you are feeling conflicted, as you would like to stay where you are but the pay is just not enough, and you are seriously considering taking the other job. Tell him that however, if he was willing to raise your salary to at least somewhere near what you have been offered, you would be willing to stay. Explain to him just what responsibilities you have, and how they have increased over the years, and how you believe you are worth more to the company than your current compensation. If the guy has any sense, he will give you what he asked for. Think to yourself, what would he do if you left? He would lose money whilst he searches for someone else, and the replacement is likely to be much lessed skilled than you, and it will cost money whilst he is brought up to speed. Be calm, but firm. Ask for a little more than you would like, so you have room for negotiation, but think fairly. I think this will work.

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