<prompt> Human: I feel like Ive been screwed here. I work for a pretty large firm thats based in a few cities and have been here for 3 years. I am an analyst in a very niche field so it wouldnt be hard to go elsewhere but I love this company and also I dont have a degree yet which limits my options. I get paid 40k a year. My team first started off with 10 people, overtime they left to other teams and my managers never replaced them and just trained the remaining employees on how to take on the workload. Well more people have left and now its just me doing the work of 10 freaking people. My company is huge so I have a substantial amount of work! I feel extremely pressured and unhappy, like theyre taking advantage of me. I talked to my supervisor and he asked me what I felt like he should do and I asked for a raise. Im severely underpaid compared to other analyst in other companies and I would like to match them. He said he will pitch it to the higher ups, but he kind made me feel like Im being sillydramatic for even asking.Are they screwing me over? If I dont get the raise should I just leave? What are my options here?Assistant: We only know what you wrote, but why would we think they arent screwing you over from what you wrote?If you are really doing the work of ten people, then they werent very good workers to begin with, so its probably the case that your workload is higher, though not 10X as high. My sense is the work the team produced wasnt that valuable, which is why they were let go. Take that as you see fit.Edit: even if people are downvoting this, if the company let these people walk with no replacement, they dont care about the results of this work very much, and arent going to pay OP just to retain them. Theyll just go without it, or hire someone else who is desperate enough to do this.Human: Its possible, but I used the wrong word in the title. The people all left to other jobs and instead of replacing them, management gave me all of their work with no additional pay. Our team has always had 10 or more people but now theyre not bothering to hire anymore at this time because they feel like I can handle it. Assistant: The point remains that the work this team did wasnt worth what they were spending. So you have to ask why they should spend more on you. They will, at least.Human: I understand what youre saying but they really want me to stay and do all the work for no extra pay. If they made the workload smaller then I would be more understanding as to why I havent received a raise but as of right now Im literally taking on so much work that Im working overtime constantly just to keep up.  <response>: They want you to do the work and you keep doing it. You teach people how to treat you. Stand up for yourself. If you dont get a significant raise, dust off that resume, go to careerbuilder.com, start taking your vacation days and move on. If youre so good at your job I believe you are there are other companies who will see that and give you what youre looking for. 