To think I deserve a promotion?

[promofomo]

I am a relatively junior member of staff at my workplace.

I recently had an internal transfer with no change in contract and my new role is quite different. It's a lot more hands-on with a lot more responsibility and a lot more tasks. I will be supervising and training a small team of 4 who are all on the same pay scale as me. It's a lot more work and I finish each day absolutely exhausted. I am starting to feel resentful that I am paid the same amount as my colleagues in my old department who have a much easier, less stressful workload.

To make matters worse, my department is understaffed. I am supposed to be working with another colleague but I am alone. Other colleagues in similar departments work in pairs so they get to share the responsibilities between the two of them.

I am enjoying my new role. It's a lot more rewarding and interesting but I think the increased responsibility and workload should be reflected by a change in job role? It's not even about the pay but rather just acknowledging that this new role has been a step-up.

AIBU?

Apparently my new department was supposed to have a small team of permanent staff but management didn't want to have to promote people into the new department. Instead, they have decided it can just be me alone and I will have a few colleagues temporarily coming in to assist me (who I will need to train). Apparently a big reason they are doing this is so those colleagues can't be promoted as their overall job roles haven't changed. But what about me who is in there long-term?

It's like they are simultaneously acknowledging and denying that this role requires extra responsibilities. My manager agrees with me completely. He has spoken to upper-management but they are reluctant.

Ok the your best bet is to write a list of all of your responsibilities and present it to you manager together with a more senior job description and your own job description. If it aligns with the more senior job then you may be able to make the case for regrading. Thought usually there is also an element of the job description that says “and any other duties deemed relevant to the post”.

Otherwise, start applying for more senior jobs and use your current role as examples of working to a higher level.