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Question: Should I stay in my current role, ask for a pay rise, or find somewhere new?

Situation:
Right now, I'm effectively doing a lead developer role for half the salary of the other member of my team- I'm code reviewing their work (which often has many many errors in it), creating and assigning tickets for both myself and them and engaging in many meetings with senior staff in the company. The other dev in my team has more experience on paper, but the amount of work they are generating is approximately 1/5th of what I produce. I'm really disappointed that when I raised this with my manager & then HR, they have seeming done nothing about the situation. It's really disheartening and it feels as though I'm not really valued.

I don't really have much loyalty to the company, but because I have helped build their internal system from scratch I'd loathe to leave it in the incompetent hands of my colleague (who at present still has a month left of probation).

I can give any further info if you'd like it but I could really do with some advice right now.

Comments
  • 4
    Go for a new job. Once you eventually change job the system will go from your baby to literally nothing to do with you in 1 day. Can't get too attached to what you produce if you don't own it.
  • 2
    Ask for a raise. If you don't get it, give notice. Don't take any deals to make you stay once you do.

    If they don't value you, don't waste your energy.
  • 2
    I had similar situation.
    I just asked for pay raise and voiced my plans to leave after being denied.

    If they will raise, you win.
    If not, you did everything and can move on with no regrets.

    Got actually approved for pay raise.
  • 0
    Both ... why not both?
  • 1
    Ask for a raise. If you get it then you have a new baseline to go up from when you go for your next job.
    If you don’t get it you’re not really any worse off, but try not to be massively disappointed off about it.
  • 1
    I did this very thing. I was very disappointed when my request was refused point blank because I loved the company but I knew I was undervalued given what I was doing and how long I had been there.

    Ended up feeling even more undervalued at that point but at least I had tried.
    So got another job that was 12K more.
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