I am something quite livid. I've been underpaid as fuck to such an extent that last year I made more per hour when I was 18. Even after securing a raise it's still not enough to cover the cost of living. I've been doing the job of my 3 finance managers, who collectively lost the research unit millions of pounds. I've since been doing their jobs whilst they've been promoted off / resigned / resigned respectively. They tapped me on the shoulder to take over their role permanently. I was like fuck yeah because the finance manager made double my salary in exchange for sending invoices off that I made. They were just a glorified postman, because all they had to do was sign my papers and send them off. Only they didn't even do that costing the company loads of money. So I sent the companies the accounts directly so they could draft the invoices and send them to us, bypassing the finance department completely.
After I pressed them today for some fucking numbers... They detailed how the plan was to have me continue "developing my hybrid role" whilst they prepared to bring in a new manager who would oversee me.
I told them I couldn't just keep expanding my job description without an increase in pay or post.
Two of the three finance managers were forced to resign after claiming others work as their own, mine included, failing to demonstrate what value they added to the unit.
I was so certain I would be able to cinch this promotion effortlessly. I am such a clown, sitting through 30 minutes of "we couldn't have done it without you, you are an integral part of our future, btw we won't give you the post though"
STOP FUCKING HIRING FINANCE MANAGERS WHO DON'T KNOW HOW TO MANAGE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS. I AM STARVING FOR CASH. GOD HELP MY SOUL