Workplace woes, ...need some opinions on this matter... Options

[KAOS]

So, I'm not sure exactly how the world of employment goes, but recently I was given a task that was above and beyond my job description. Now normally I wouldn't be so anal about a new task that let me flex my experience muscle, but I've been working for this company for almost 5 years, and I've been waiting for a raise for the past two years. Every time I ask they come up with reason for delaying my salary increase. Now the last time this happened I was told I would be given a review in August. So, fricken August is almost GONE and I'm still sitting here with no review - and quite honestly I'm tired of asking.

Anyways, back to the story - they gave me a task (firstly they assumed that I would be able to do it and that I would do it, didn't even ask). Well it consumed my time, and needless to say I fell behind in my ORIGINAL tasks. One of the reviewers even had the nerve to say the rough draft didn't look very professional (I almost lost it and told them to PAY a professional then!) Anyways the project is done; I fell behind in my work, and I'm still not getting paid anymore to do all this extra work (which I have friends who do it for a living and get paid mad $$$'s)

So I'm thinking about sending the company I work for a bill for the work that I did beyond my paygrade/job description. I've done some research from businesses that do this fulltime and got a few quotes from them (the project I did was a half-page ad - incase you wanted to know) I took the average price and then charged $10 less.

I'm irrate - in case you can't tell, but what I'm really wondering is: do I have a right to bill them for it? Am I stepping out of line, or am I sticking up for myself in my ****ty workplace?

I can't tell because my opinion is bias - can you guys provide some insight??

What should I do?

This post has been edited by KAOS: Aug 20, 2008 - 6:00 PM

[GriffGirl]

That's totally the worst place to be - to love your job and what you do but hate your employer. It sounds like you need to start looking around for a new job—but my guess is if they're having IT guys do design stuff to keep it in-house, then your economy sucks as bad as ours does (damn you people from Ontario stealing our jobs LOL) and finding a new job will prove challenging at best.

I'm in the reverse boat as you - I'm a designer but since our IT guy doesn't support Mac, and we're the only Macs in the place, we have to do our own IT. I don't mind doing it though. And no, I'm not compensated for it fairly... I'm not compensated for my regular duties fairly, for that matter. My pay SUCKS. But it's a trade off... I get to spend half my day on here fcuking off and no one who matters notices and those who notice don't care. Good think I'm good at what I do!

[KAOS]

That's totally the worst place to be - to love your job and what you do but hate your employer. It sounds like you need to start looking around for a new job—but my guess is if they're having IT guys do design stuff to keep it in-house, then your economy sucks as bad as ours does (damn you people from Ontario stealing our jobs LOL) and finding a new job will prove challenging at best.

I'm in the reverse boat as you - I'm a designer but since our IT guy doesn't support Mac, and we're the only Macs in the place, we have to do our own IT. I don't mind doing it though. And no, I'm not compensated for it fairly... I'm not compensated for my regular duties fairly, for that matter. My pay SUCKS. But it's a trade off... I get to spend half my day on here fcuking off and no one who matters notices and those who notice don't care. Good think I'm good at what I do!

- I hear that. Because I'm the Administrator - I don't get sites/services blocked. Works out nicely...