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Friday, April 17, 2009   Up Day Down Day It's been an odd week. In good news, it's official--my boss is leaving! The board accepted his resignation, effective as of the end of April. In not so good news, we're no closer figuring out the budget for next year--the board wants to hire another director at a lower salary range, but it still breaks our budget. At this point, my coworker and I would be lucky to get a 3% cost of living raise. But 3% of pittance is still pittance. The board is amenable to the idea of a more substantial raise for both my coworker and I, but to make that happen, a new director would have to have a lower salary range. (I pulled some comparable salaries for similar positions in our area, and the lower salary range is way too high!) I do know that I'm not being considered for the position--the board is adamant about hiring outside the organization, but doing a local search for the newbie. And they're adamant about the salary range. I also found out that I did not get the position that I applied for with another local non-profit. I was one of 3 finalists for the position, but I lost out to a woman with 17 years of experience in the same position at another organization. It would have been a substantial pay raise and better benefits. But it wasn't meant to be. It's for the best--I wouldn't have been as challenged in the position and would have gotten bored within a few months of hire. It feels like the deck has just been shuffled a bit--I know that my boss is leaving (and he's getting a nice pay raise, better benefits, better company car, better company cell phone and plan--what the hell?) and that I'm not even being considered as eligible or competent for the position. I don't think I'm getting any sort of useful pay raise. And my coworker and I have been told not to look around, as we don't want to be seen as "rats jumping off a sinking ship." I don't have a lot of confidence that I'm going to be paid what I'm worth any time soon if I stay where I'm at. So, it's back to the job search, and it may mean that I'll be moving, as I'm not seeing any interesting opportunities locally. posted by jaime | 10:01 PM 0 comments

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