Recently accepted a role a junior role at a small shop. Although I’m thrilled, a couple key members of an already lean strategy team just announced their departure from the agency. If they’re expecting me to fulfill the duties of a mid-level strategist can I bring up a salary review? Don’t wanna ruffle any feathers considering how new I am but also wanna be valued for the work I’m doing :/

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You need to start doing the job and doing it well over a period of time before you can start asking to be paid accordingly. Stack some wins then stick your hand out.

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100% agree

Just because you might be doing mid-level strategist work in some capacity doesn’t mean you will be doing it well. I would wait till you prove you can do the work first

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I would be thinking the same, but there are still a lot of ‘ifs’ here. When you start doing the role of a mid weight, you should have that salary and title conversation with your manager.

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