My former job praised me for being a “machine” (because of how fast I learned and did my tasks efficiently) but still took 10 months to give me a raise from $47.5k to $52k because the board kept trying to justify my raise.
I quit after 8 months of them giving me the raise of $51k and they asked me to stay on to be an independent contractor (part time) for 6 months to train my replacement because my manager had too much on her plate.
It’s been 3 months with the new hire, and now they’ve realised the new hire is constantly overwhelmed even though I’m still doing 60% of the tasks and they’ve now decided to hire a second person so they can split the responsibilities.
So suddenly the board can approve a budget for $95k-$100 so two people can do the job one person was doing but you didn’t deem it fit to just compensate me appropriately?
I like my new job and the extra income from the contract gig but I can’t help but feel some type of way.
Edit: I am in CANADA. Job and housing markets are terrible.