<prompt> Human: Back-story in as few words as I can: April 2013, I was hired into current position. March 2014, team lead moves to other department. I was never formally promoted, but the work fell into my lap. Not only did I succeed in fulfilling his old duties, but I did this while the normal work load per person increased team went from 3 people down to 2, AND the company made acquisitions that increased our work load. Finally we were able to hire new people, and now at the end of the year we are fully staffed and pumping looking good. So here is where I am, hired onto team as basic employee, in which I would do my work and answer sales reps questions about my work. Then all of a sudden when team lead leaves our team, I am the one who picked up his team lead duties, which include: Bi-weekly training calls with sales reps Training the new employees to our team Keeping department up to date on all relevant changes Reporting team statistics to management Providing and analyzing data our team collects Working with other teams on relevant projects Being the face of my team, and basically the one responsible when shit hits the fanIm sure there are other things but this just gives you an idea of how much has been added to my plate, on top of our normal day to day work load. Before we added to our team, it was between me and one other person. He took on very few extra, other than the increased workload. So now I basically have all the benefits of being the team lead, except for the pay. I spoke with my manager the other day, and she is 100 on board that I should officially be promoted, and in fact she has already put in for me to be promoted before we spoke. In fact, she has recommended that I get bumped to a pay grade where I can start receiving an annual bonus. The problem is that there isnt much she can do. It isnt up to her on my pay grade, nor giving me a substantial raise. Our annual merit raises are coming up, but she cant do more than the normal 3 or 4, which I would have received even without my extra work. So my question is, what can I really do? I dont want to leave the company because it has been good to me outside of pay, and there arent really any other companies nearby where I can use my skillset I saw a job posting for my position that I would have been perfect for, however it was 4 hours away so Id have to relocate my whole family. Is my only realistic option to just settle with my fate?  <response>: If youre not willing or able to leave, theres no reason they should pay you more. 