<prompt> Human: Hi! I really need some advice!Im in my late 20s. Ive been working for a big corporation for close to a year, and Ive been told that everyone is very happy with my performance. I make a decent salary, objectively speaking, but I make 30K below the average annual salary for my cityposition... At any rate, a friend who works in management informed me that my boss is in the process of giving me a new roletitle. Hes calling it a lateral move presumably to get out of paying me more money, but hes expecting me to fulfill all of my current responsibilities, plus giving me more work and more responsibility, including managerial duties. Ill be second-in-command to the head of the department, and Ill unofficially oversee a modifier for manage two employees. My friend told me that my boss has no plans to give me a raise or a promotion hence the lateral move thing. He was planning to hire someone else to fill a role that has been vacant for awhile now, but instead he decided to combine the role with my role--essentially giving me two full-time jobs... I dont want to be taken advantage of, but I also dont want to completely alienate my boss. Im trying to figure out what to say when I have the meeting with him --which is where you guys come in. I realize that I always have the option of looking for another job, but Im happy where I am; I just dont want to feel manipulated and taken advantage of. As I said, I work for a big corporation, and I imagine that there must be systems in place to prevent this sort of thing from happening?Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you!  <response>: One thing I might consider is my friends motive in telling me this. And whether hes telling my reactions to this news to others in management. Some people like to rile other people up just to watch the drama. Source: I have hired many employees and observed their behavior. Some people can be hired into an office thats been perfectly fine for years and within two weeks turn it into a festering hellhole with unfounded gossip that takes years to repair. 