Boss demands employee rewrite their job description with more responsibilities, but refuses to give them raise in return, employee arrives empty-handed instead: ‘I'll stick with that, thanks’

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Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor
Nov 7, 2024 7:00 AM EST

If a workplace can get away with dumping new responsibilities on employees without giving them anything in return, you can bet they will give it a go. There are plenty of employees who won't notice they are being taken advantage of, and will gladly agree to more work with nothing in return. They will probably convince themselves that it is good for the experience, and at least they can put the extra responsibility in their resume, for the next job to come.

If you are not interested in gaining 'more experience', and happy with the way your job is at the moment, you can definitely say 'no' if your boss offers you more work, without so much as a cent of a raise. At least that is what the employee in this Reddit story did. After OP (original poster) was asked to rewrite their job description to contain more responsibilities, but was offered nothing in return, OP showed up to the meeting with their boss with a description of the exact job they were hired to do. Their boss didn't know how to respond to OP's refusal to comply…

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    "They are trying to 'promote' me... without any actual promotion"
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    That was fun. Boss asked me to re-write my job description after a 'restructure'
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    They're trying to to 'promote' me to basically a director responsibility without any actual promotion, and want me to 'write a job description' that fits their narrative. I turned up with my existing job description, to
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    a meeting with not just my boss, but an unannounced HR lackey too. Them: "We don't want to see your old one, I want you to make a new one based on what you do now;
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    now's your chance to throw that away and design your job around the new structure!" (Lucky me!) Me: "My salary was agreed based on the old job description, so I think I'll stick with that thanks."
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    After which, I just stared at them in silence. and the silence was exquisite! Then they got so flustered they couldn't form a cogent sentence,
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    then ended that part of the conversation trying to pretend it didn't happen. Round 1 to me I think.
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    cHaNgEuSeRnAmE102 • 9h ago • They're going to f hard lol you over so
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    Conceited Wombat • 8h ago • Yup. I hope not, but I'm worried for OP that their employer's next move is to fire OP and find someone desperate enough to take on more work for the same (or less) pay.
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    LA... OP 2h ago • Edited 2h ago They can't 'fire me' for doing my job. We have some workers' rights in my country! Fun thing is, they already made half the team. redundant, assuming I'd pick up their tasks without asking me.
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    C-D-W⚫ 3h ago Getting a new job description and matching title with no raise is something many might frown upon. But being able to put "Director" on your resume legitimately for your
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    next job where you can get the pay you deserve for the title is actually not a terrible thing if you play the long game. Factoring in the reality that the only way to really make more money is to jump ship for greener pastures - a title bump is legitimately a favor to you.
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    LAUKThrowAway11 OP 2h ago • The main thing I didn't really mention is that I don't want additional responsibilities, I've been there and done that, right now I just want a quiet life!
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    Scozzari 9h ago • You should have rewritten it with a significant pay increase as part of the rewrite.
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    Bearded Runner899 • 8h ago • Yep, missed an opportunity. Perhaps OP doesn't want more pay.
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    LAUKThrowAway11 OP 2h ago • Exactly this, I took the job for the very specific reason that it fit my lifestyle right now, I actually took a pay cut to move here a few years ago.
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    Nevermind04 • 3h ago • Pay is everything until you make "enough" - after that, you have to start thinking about your work/life balance. I turned down a "promotion" last year that would have paid 20% more, but I'd lose my
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    4-day week and go back to 5 days, do about twice the actual work, and take all of the blame for every failure in the department. OP's director job sounds a lot like that.
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    LAUKThrowAway11 OP 2h ago • > and take all of the blame for every failure in the department Yeah, they fired half the team now want someone to take on the exciting opportunity to try, somehow, to stumble through the busiest time of year and not f everything up. I'll pass :D
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    TheEclipse0 9h ago • Next round, write a job description with far less duties
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    LowDetail1442 • 8h ago • The old "promotion" with all the responsibilities and none of the pay raise. Well played by you.
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    AgnesBrowns3rd 8h ago "Based on my current salary, my job description is currently fine as is" If they disagree, take a red pen, draw a line through one of your duties and repeat that phrase. Keep doing this until they shut up
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    heedrix . 6h ago Constructive dismissal.
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