<prompt> Human: About a year ago I joined a tech company as a technical writer straight after university, this is my first job. There were 2 of us and the workload was just right, I quickly made progress while having no experience and my colleagues and my direct manager were impressed with me. I got an automatic 9 raise after my probation period typical practice in my country and after about 7 months came the yearly review period. Me and the other guy got 7 raises, that wasnt enough for him and he quit. Now before I started working here, the position was vacant for 6 months, technical writing is an extremely niche field here and aside from technical knowledge you have to be fluent in at least 2 languages I work in 3 languages while my colleague worked in 2, making it hard to find suitable people willing to work for an entry-level salary. Thus, managementHR decided not to bother looking for a replacement and kept me as the sole technical writer, promising me my workload would not change the idea was to reduce the number of working languages by outsourcing them to translation offices.A few months later, theyre still deciding how to handle the workloadtranslation thing or they just wont and I ended up doing the same amount of work that was previously done by two people. So far it seems manageable as either Im efficient and good what I do or the other guy was secretly slacking off, or maybe theres simply less going on during summer. My 1-for-2 effort did not go unnoticed by my colleagues and my direct manager and Ive received very positive feedback.However, Im getting paid the same salary as before. I earn roughly the average salary in my country, whereas the average salary within my company is 2x higher. Even though Ive gotten 2 raises within the year before my colleague left, I feel that this is a unique circumstance and since Im basically doing the job of 2 and doing it well, its time to revisit the salary question. The salaries are handled not by my direct manager but by the head of department, who doesnt really dwell into our matters. So my question is, how could I use this situation to my advantage? The company has been doing really well recently, and recently published position tiers along with their salary ranges show that I could theoretically earn twice as much as I do now. I like what I do and I like the company, its a great place to work at, has many extra benefits and plenty of opportunities for growth. I also doubt I could get a considerably better offer in other places as leverage, as Ive mentioned my job is quite niche and finding even a similar one might be difficult with my experience. And starting out in a completely different position would set me back to zero. For instance, Ive looked for IT support jobs before getting an offer from my current company, and the interviewers did not like that I was going for an IT position with an engineering degree seems to matter a lot in my country.Its worth noting that since I speak 3 languages well and I speak 3 more on a basic to intermediate level, switching countries is also a considerable option. Id be looking at an instant 300 raise in Western EU just because of economical differences between countries the cost of living would also be at least twice as big. What do you think?  <response>: Easy: Tell them youre not happy with the workload and your salary. Tell them what you want to be paid for the work youre doing. If they blow you off or dont address your concerns you could cut your productivity or find another job. I also doubt I could get a considerably better offer in other placesThen youre probably not worth what you think you are. 