I was one of 3 people aty office who got any sort of raise this year. It was based on merit. I’m thrilled about the raise, but I feel bad for my coworkers because management sucks. I discussed the raise with my work besties and one is pissed about it and the other is hyped for me.
I’m also faced with the dilemma of being important at work.
I work in a very small city, and I wear a lot of hats. I do plan review, permit processing, GIS, Open Records, vested rights determinations, some code enforcement, am the in-house IT guy, city photographer, and more.
What makes me valuable is my ability to multitask, and if I left it would be very hard to fill all those roles. But I’m also kinda a specialist in keeping plates spinning. My role is essential where I am now, but it’s fulfilled my specialists in each of those duties in other cities. My skills etc isn’t in high demand because there’s only a few cities in the country that have the the extreme development complexity we have while also having a municipal staff of fewer than a dozen people due to the city’s size.
I was one of 3 people aty office who got any sort of raise this year. It was based on merit. I’m thrilled about the raise, but I feel bad for my coworkers because management sucks. I discussed the raise with my work besties and one is pissed about it and the other is hyped for me.
I’m also faced with the dilemma of being important at work.
Being important can be tricky.
I work in a very small city, and I wear a lot of hats. I do plan review, permit processing, GIS, Open Records, vested rights determinations, some code enforcement, am the in-house IT guy, city photographer, and more.
What makes me valuable is my ability to multitask, and if I left it would be very hard to fill all those roles. But I’m also kinda a specialist in keeping plates spinning. My role is essential where I am now, but it’s fulfilled my specialists in each of those duties in other cities. My skills etc isn’t in high demand because there’s only a few cities in the country that have the the extreme development complexity we have while also having a municipal staff of fewer than a dozen people due to the city’s size.