<prompt> Human: Tl:Dr- didnt get the job. Im now doing the job I didnt get, without compensation. I need help because I am young and too nice. Here are the details. I interviewed for a training position for the company Ive worked for for 3 12 years. I love my job and it just so happens to be the first real job Ive ever had. Now, Ive helped out in years past with training the new employees joining the department because and Im really trying not to brag Im the best at what I do. I also volunteered for any special projects that came my way since, being my first job, I needed the experience at the time. Heres the sucky part that I need advice on. After going through a month long interview process, I was informed that I didnt get the job because they needed someone with experience in other department. While being told I didnt get the job I was extensively praised for doing such a wonderful job and how Ive done so much for he company and how they still needed my expertise in my department etc. Heres the kicker, I was also told that they were working on getting a position created specifically for me in the training department. Cool, but Im bothered by the fact I couldnt get it in writing so I assume false promises I was correct. Fast forward two weeks and the day I get home from a vacation. Theyre in emergency mode. They just hired 60! people for my department and Im literally the only one who knows how to train, what to train, and the knowledge to train it. I get swept up because Im too nice, now Im doing the job I didnt get, without the compensation for the amounttype of work Im now doing. I created a training program from near nothing in a week and half and then began teaching the new employees. Just got results back and its the best training program in the company currently, best results in a 4 day program of my own design. I did ask for a raise after researching how to properly ask for one and got a positive response. 4 weeks later and Im still being told were working on it its on the desk of the person who approves these things its tough to get through all the hoops we need to to get you that raise bs. I dont know what to do and I feel like Im going conned out of the money I know I deserve. Praise is great and all, but praise in the form of a raise is better. Any advice or help? I apologize for the wall of text. Assistant: You need to change companies. Your biggest raises will always come when you move companies and you need to demand the money from the start. You did your thing here. Get your raise and start to look for a much higher paying job in the same field or slightly different field if you want to move in a different direction.Human: I think Ill give it one more week with prodding and lots of rolling up and holding people accountable for what theyve said and promised if I dont get the results by next Friday then Ill start applying for other jobs. I am slightly concerned about finding a job with the same flexibility, higher paycurrently make 26k without additional degreesI only have a HS Diploma at 22, yes its sad I dont have any further education, in the field Im currently in medical record retrieval.  <response>: Dont wait a week, start now. If you end up getting your raise great, otherwise dont wait for something they will never give you. 