<prompt> Human: I work as a US tax preparer in a foreign country, a fairly specialized position because people with US tax knowledge are not easy to find here.It is a small office, with the boss lawyer, me preparer and a secretary.The Secretary has been here for about 1.5 years since we moved offices. I orchestrated and entire restructuring of the way the office is run and brought her in as extra help she is a friend of mine. She kind of began to assume the role of secretary and was okay at it. As time went on she proved to not be as proficient as my boss would like her to be and when she made a fairly large mistake, my boss let her go. Our relationship as friends is not affected by this.I am now handling the tax preparation, as well as all administrative tasks for the same pay. I can handle the extra responsibilities because I created and maintained the way this office runs, but my boss insists on us working together to fill the void. In reality he is an unorganized person, he only shows up to the office for meetings, and is not going to do shit except make a couple of copies and misplace them in another persons file, only for me to find later when the client starts to panic about where these documents are.I would like to know the most convincing way to explain this to him and how much I should ask for if I am going to be assuming the additional role.At this moment I make 14hour, same as the former secretary. I know I should be earning way more for a such a specialized position, especially since I am generating the work that earns this office most of its money. I greatly reduce the effort and time required of my boss.14 is the same wage I have earned from the start or our working relationship. There have been some tough times a really tough year for him - I actually saved his company and immediately after a really big move that cost a lot so my wage has always stayed the same except for the odd bonus thrown to me for my efforts usually around 3-4k when there is some extra after hes paid himself Im certain.So in a nutshell: How much should I ask for? Should I present these arguments and basically ask to double my rate or even more?TL;DR Im assuming the role of our newly departed secretary in addition to my tax preparer position. I can handle the work eliminating the need to hire another secretary, but I want advice on how much of an increase of wage I should be asking for and the most convincing way of presenting the idea.UPDATE Was having a casual Friday afternoon conversation, he sang my praises for the work I do, and I asked him if he would entertain the idea of raising my wage over the weekend. He had to ask me again how much I earnhour, he thought for a few seconds and said okay, lets bump you up to 24 until we figure out our long term deal Thanks for your input, everyone.Assistant: Brush up your CV and start applying elsewhere. Is 14h good pay where you are? Although you say you are doing a niche job, organizing an office is pretty commonly needed. Get another offer and use it as leverage. Also how long have you been there? Unusual to not have a raise for 2 yearsHuman: Well, It gets deeper. Ive been working with my boss for 2 years now. 14h is close to minimum wage. I never studied this field of work, I was trained to do it by another law firm here. Then they couldnt keep me on anymore and thats when I began to work for my current employer -we used to share an office with them. They couldnt keep me on, but they didnt want to lose the opportunity to work with me again. Ive invested a lot of time into this office, I enjoy the work and the hours are very lax. I show up to work at 12 or earlier if there are meetings and leave at 5 or 6 and get paid as if it were an 8 hour work day - my boss is okay with this. I can take vacation whenever I want. As long as I get the work done, anything goes. The thing that changes this is taking on the additional responsibilities of a secretary, as I would be much busier and I would have to be in the office earlier to handle administrative tasks and answering phone callsmessages.We have also discussed partnership because he wants me to essentially be his apprentice, but since I am not a lawyer I cannot legally partner with him. We have discussed it many times but I have yet to see any kind of action.Assistant: It sounds like youll be losing most if not all of the benefits of your job i.e. The flexibility if you let this go. Is it worth it? Your boss may be great but by your own description is unorganized. Id ask him what his plan is for replacing the secretary. If there isnt one, you can 1 offer to interviewhire one or 2 offer to continue with the responsibility at ___h. I do think you have been very patient about this but are straight up being taken advantage of. Can you reach out to your previous employers? Its probably time to move on.Human: Edit: I had to reply to you on mobile and didnt really answer anything you stated in your comment which was great.Yes, my boss is unorganized. He couldnt find his left shoe if I werent there to help him. I dont say this in a pretentious way but the guy really depends on me - If I were to leave he would have to retire because he wouldnt be able to handle the workload, or stay open long enough to find someone to work with. Ive organized his business so that its nearly impossible for him to be unorganized. It has taken a positive effect upon him, but it also means that I am not an easy person to replace.As far as plans for the secretary, he has made his intentions clear of finding a new secretary, however I think know this will not happen - unless I make it happen. I think it is fair to say Ive been patient and understanding over the long term, we are no longer in a budget situation. The dust has settled from the movehis bad year and we are bringing in big and steady revenue. The secretarys responsibility isnt THAT much more of a burden on my position, as I am also quite involved with client correspondence.Im happy with the outcome. He told me 24hour from now on, I told him that is good, but I would like to figure out our long term agreement that we have been speaking about for over a year now partnership or some form of it. Thanks for your input.Also, I really enjoyed working with my previous employer. They are incredibly structured, organized and professional. I worked hard when working for them, and I can appreciate the way their business works - however when I would show up at 9:01 or 9:02, the office manager would give me shit for it constantly, I know its a better habit to be at work before 9, but I worked my ass off in that office when I arrived. You think 1-2 minutes late every now and then would be forgiven.  <response>: Youre probably worth more than youre getting paid but you seem to think youre irreplaceable. Get that idea out of your head. If youre so good, then you can get a much better paying job elsewhere. Thats the bottom line. 