Starting to feel resentful

[SunnySideDeepDown]

I work part time in a senior management position for a small organisation, working 3 days per week. I took over from someone doing the job in 5 days and the job I do is typically a full time job in other similar organisations, in fact, we’re very “lean” generally. I don’t have anyone to handover my workload to when I’m off, I simply work harder to get everything done in my hours. Some days it feels like I forget to breathe.

A colleague I manage is much less experienced in the workplace with less responsibilities and stress and a lower (albeit healthy for her role) salary. She works full time though and her take home works out to be the same as what I take home. She has a lot of guidance, support and less stress. I have to work very autonomously, constant decision making and can’t drop the ball - it stops with me.

So, as I see it, we both do full time jobs, except I do mine in 3 days, and we get paid the same, despite my additional responsibilities and stress.

I’m torn between thinking that’s fair enough as she works 5 days, to other times feeling hard done by as I work really hard to condense my workload into my hours (I’m reliable, efficient and highly praised at my job) and take home the same salary.

Am I being ridiculous?

I could increase my hours, which I may do this year, but I won’t be working harder as I already do all that is required of me. I currently work part time due to having 3 young children and it helps me juggle my responsibilities at home. So it’s a choice, albeit the workplace still expects me to complete all tasks as if I were full time.

Just looking for some outsider perspective, I’m sure I’m probably wrong in feeling resentful!

Don’t be surprised if, should you go full time, your work load will be increased accordingly.

If Ive understood, you agreed to do all the work that had previously been a full time job, in only 3 days and as you are part time, you are paid 3/5ths of what was the full time salary. You effectively, reduced the pay for that work. And by your hardwork you have shown that the job only merits a salary of 3/5ths of what had previously been paid.

I don’t know how you might renegotiate this because it must suit the organisation very well. Hopefully someone will come along with more experience than me

But you asked to do the job in 3 days, and it doesn’t sound like you are doing any extra hours, you just work very hard within the 3 days? I don’t think you should be resenting your colleague, you got the hours that suit your life and have to accept the consequence to that. If you were actually working longer days you could have said you were doing condensed hours and ask for higher pay. Just hold out until you can increase your hours.

Are you doing condensed hours? Do you work longer days / skip lunch? If so, that’s the conversation to have.

I have similar situation except I get paid for the hours I actually do (completely flexible but have a timesheet). I get paid the same as a colleague who works full time and I get more done than him but no resentment because I am paid more per hour and I value the flex.