Offered a raise then ignored

[lizet4455RN]

In September, I was offered a raise to take on extra duties. I was told to give a number. I gave a high number because that's what I figured you do and they can meet you somewhere. In my mind if I get the number I asked for, then great. If not, that's OK. But I figured I'd get met somewhere in that range. Well I asked about the outcome of the raise and my boss said she wasn't able to ask yet for approval because the person in charge is out of town. Basically meetings regarding the raise kept getting pushed back and finally she told me it was not a good idea to ask for a raise at the end of the year. 

#1 I never asked, they offered the possibility 

#2 They offered in September not end of year 

Im afraid to bring this up again because I feel like I'll start to get on their bad side. Plus I feel like right now they want to forget the initial offer ever happened. I'm not sure where to go from here. Do I wait until raises come up again in March or April or do I ask again and call out the things they've said. 

[JKL33]

Out of curiosity, have you started doing the extra duties?

[lizet4455RN]

JKL33 said:

Out of curiosity, have you started doing the extra duties?

 I was told when I was hired these were only temporary, they were going to hire a nurse to take over these for me. Well the nurse told me she was told she didn't have to. I took over them anyways, then when I complained about this not being fair, they told me they could compensate me for them. They never did. I continued working on these extra duties but never got paid for them and they never got taken off my plate. 

JKL33 said:

 

 

[JKL33]

lizet4455RN said:

I continued working on these extra duties but never got paid for them and they never got taken off my plate. 

Admit I guessed that upon reading your post.

Right now no one is being paid to do them, but someone is doing them anyway, that's why this is no longer a conversation.

Some people would look at this situation and say those duties must be very low priority, and maybe don't knock yourself out making sure they get done. Or find a way to reopen the discussion about the work load and the duties that are more than can be tacked on to an existing role/pay grade and were supposed to have been worth their own compensation. I wouldn't talk about this situation in terms of you getting a "raise," but keep it in terms of the workload and the previous conversations about it.

 

[londonflo]

 

lizet4455RN said:

In September, I was offered a raise to take on extra duties. I was told to give a number. I gave a high number because that's what I figured you do and they can meet you somewhere. In my mind if I get the number I asked for, then great. If not, that's OK. But I figured I'd get met somewhere in that range. Well I asked about the outcome of the raise and my boss said she wasn't able to ask yet for approval because the person in charge is out of town. Basically meetings regarding the raise kept getting pushed back and finally she told me it was not a good idea to ask for a raise at the end of the year. 

 

#1 I never asked, they offered the possibility 

 

#2 They offered in September not end of year 

lizet4455RN said:

I figured you do and they can meet you somewhere. In my mind if I get the number I asked for, then great.

You gamboled and loss.  If they offer you again....give a realistic number. 

[Wuzzie]

They punked you because they knew they'd get away with it.

[sleepwalker, MSN, NP]

The extra duties are being done. They short punted you with no intention of giving you a raise. Now they consider it a "moot" point and just one of your "other duties as assigned"

[Crystal-Wings, LVN]

Start looking for another job, secure one, and then give your old employer the finger. I wouldn't even bother giving 2 weeks notice as long as you have something secured. They're gonna back pedal on giving you the raise they said they would and you've been doing the extra things that the raise was supposed to be for? *** 'em. 

[kp2016]

Other than finding a new position and resigning your other option would be to stop doing the extra activities. Completely. Stop doing them. Wait for it to be mentioned and then state you were told you would be compensated for the extra activities that are not part of your job description and you will need that to happen before you resume doing them. This may cause an ugly response but it's either that or continue doing them for free and feeling resentful. 

[mdsRN2005, ASN, BSN, RN]

As long as you are doing the extra work for free, there's no incentive for management to give you a raise.  Are these duties in your job description?  If not, I'd politely and professionally inform my manager that I'd no longer be performing them.