Hi all, looking for some advice on the below situation and how I can best position myself to negotiate for a good pay rise and bonus as a result.
- new team set up, my boss is in charge, he handpicks 3 people to be involved (including me and a male colleague) and then we also have 2 others join
- the male colleague and I are the most senior and experienced in what this team needs to do
- one of the team is unable to deliver on the tasks we need her to without a lot of support. This was not made clear before she joined us. I’m asked to support her on her tasks by providing advice and reviewing things
- she is still not doing things that well. I have to correct simple things, she lacks critical thinking, no initiative etc. She is holding the team back as we have tight deadlines!
- today we found out my male colleague is leaving for another role
- that means our team will now only have 3 people who can do their job at a good level plus this colleague who simply can’t
Basically I’d really appreciate some advice on 1) how I best communicate to my boss that the support isn’t working but we might need her as a “body”. Not sure I trust her to do even the easy stuff tbh
2) how can I position myself as the right-hand of my boss. We already get on very well but I want to make sure I’m offering solutions and strategic thinking for the challenges ahead as we lose a key member of our team