<prompt> Human: I Could use some help on what to do here; Im a new employee at this company I work in IT as a network admin. My boss is leaving at the end of next week and until my company finds a replacement for him I will be doing his work. What would be the best way to go about asking for more money promotion. They are hesitant to give me his job, because of inexperience I presume. His job is a PITA as a systems admin he is pulled everywhere. The CIO had told me when we heard the news that he would try to get me more money, but how can I make this happen? PS: This forum got me an extra week and a half vacation when I was hired in three months ago ... so thanks!Edit:So, this past Friday was my bosses last day. They did not promote me to his position per-say. They hired another guy and we are splitting my former bosses responsibilities. He is running helpdesk Verizon Contracts and I am Networks Infrastructure Industrial tech help. At this point I have not asked for money, however I will. I thought it would be best to wait until I knew my title and workload; now that I know I have leverage. Im pretty sure old boss made 100K, I have 60-65 of his workload. I make 50K. What would be a reasonable asking Salary?  <response>: Id just be blunt with them. Either they pay you for that job, or you dont do it. Doesnt have to be 100 of his current salary of course, something competitive with an entry level salary for the position hes vacating.You could consider offering to cover it for a limited period of time while they worked out the details ... but thats asking for trouble when they dont have anything worked out two weeks later. 