<prompt> Human: So, in an earlier thread i had a much longer conversation spelled out to get myself a considerable raise. It was mostly dependent on current cost of living, and personal finance issues. The backlash i got was pretty big, so im revising the situation accordingly. Will this work?...Lets cut to the chase. Ive been doing some research and found, via a few sources, that the pay for similar positions of mine is roughly between 45k and 50k. Considerably more than what im making now. To verify this i poked around in the job market and ran across two jobs. One was for an AP position in town here. I was told the starting salary was in the 30s. Now, Im willing to bet this means low 30s, which means this doesnt do me any good because id be taking a slight pay cut. However, it would only be a few thousand... for a job that i could literally pull in a couch and fall asleep on in the afternoon.The other job was located in ND. In fact, it was for a company that we currently have a few large projects with. The description looked almost identical to what im doing now, and it had a base pay of 45k. I dont think i was considered for the job because i didnt have a 4 year degree, which was an explicit requirement. But, we all know i can easily manage this position. Im certain that you base my pay on what similar people in our direct area are earning, but Id like to point out that my position covers your projects that are all directly inside the higher pay profile regions. Im processing jobs for you in the entire upper midwest, not for jobs just in the little town we live in. Now, other than the labor research, id like to point out that our company has been growing exceptionally fast in the past 5 years ive been here. Not only have the number of projects consistently increased every year, the type of jobs have been larger and more complex. In fact, id like to point out that this past year alone ive taken on the companys second largest job in its entire history, and UNlike every other department, I havent been afforded additional resources to complete the task. In fact my OT has been next to zero this whole time. Im simply buckling down and using what i got to complete my portion of the project, with NO additional help.The complexity of these jobs have been getting out of hand too. Its not the companys fault though. Its just the industry in general. Way back in the day, some 40 years ago, you could probably get away with hand writing an invoice on carbon paper and handing it to the general contractor right there in the field. MY situation has been rapidly evolving. Ive been dealing the GCs specialty project management software, i have to have special forms for most projects, proper close out docs, lien releases from suppliers for the thousands of invoices processed. And god forbid i skip a beat on any of this, otherwise we might find ourselves with a REJECTED pay application, resulting in a million dollar cash flow problem the next month.The labor market shows i should be earning more, the job has high stakes and getting increasingly difficult. I hope this isnt sounding rude cause I really love working here, but im hoping youll take it into consideration to provide me fair compensation.  <response>: i read the last thread and to be honest this isnt much better just different.I have had this conversation with with a few employees.. it should be short and to the point, you are not asking them to give you a raise you are asking them to re-evaluate your positionrole and adjust accordingly.something like: bob i appreciate the 500 dollar raise and i am glad you noticed how well i have been doing but i have been doing some research and for what my position has evolved into in the past few year the typical pay is around 50k. do you think you and the higher ups could re-evaluate my role in the company and see if maybe there is a more significant adjustment in order?obviously thats just an example but hopefully you get the idea 