Re: Help with pay

The issue to me is: how long are you going to be making Access databases? A
year? Two years? If this is a project that will last, say, several months,
then it's not appropriate to ask for a salary increase for a temporary
situation. Consider it something that makes you more valuable to the
employer (and gives you job security, as these databases will have to be
maintained somewhat).

However, if this is going to be a part of your job on an ongoing basis,
then, sure, it would seem legitimate to ask for more. The question then
would be (as Lyle noted): how much technical expertise is involved? Or you
assembling databases using tables, queries, and macros; or are you writing
pages and pages of original code?

Last, but not least, consider that, even if it turns out that you truly
deserve more money, it doesn't mean that your company has the funds or the
desire to pay you that. That is, you suggested doing it in Access, and they
said fine. So they might see it as an extra thing that you volunteered to
do, but not something they were looking to create a position over.

In the end, I think it's appropriate to bring up the subject and see how far
they're willing to go with it. But, again, since it was your idea to do them
in Access in the first place, I wouldn't expect any miracles in that regard.

Good luck!


"lucky33" <kimball_k@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:55d8ce08-2168-4145-9f3c-d218f70fc3ce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I work for a warehousing company. I was hired as a Customer Service
Rep. My boss wanted me to redo some old Excel worksheets so I
suggested converting them into Access databases.

I have now created 8 seperate databases and numerous Excel
spreadsheets and I don't feel like I am being compensated fairly. I
currently make 28K.

I have a bachelors degree in computer information systems, live in
North Carolina and have a couple years experience in developing A

My question is: based on the above information am I being underpaid or
should I not even worry about it??


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