How do I go about asking about my raise for my new position?
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How do I go about asking about my raise for my new position?
Three weeks ago, my manager approached me asking if I would be interested in a newly created team lead position that came with a raise. She mentioned as this was a new position, the CEOs were willing to hear ideas for my raise amount. I accepted and expected to be brought into an official meeting with the CEOs/my manager to discuss the expectations and new wages.
However, my manager went on vacation a week later, and my supposed to be co team lead has been incredibly ill (more often than not not even coming to work), leaving me to run the team and essentially be acting manager while both are indisposed.
It has been two weeks of me running my team and doing my best to implement a variety of new changes as we prep for our busiest time of year. Everyone knows and has accepted that I now have a different position, and everyone has also been turning to me to handle a variety of problems/questions; however, I still have had no official meeting with the CEOs, nor my manager who will be out for two more weeks concerning this new role or my responsibilities.
While I am enjoying my new role and believe I could thrive in it, I was promised a raise and am disgruntled about no one speaking to me about it, but I also feel awkward since I have been performing this role for a couple weeks now. How do I go about talking about my raise gracefully?
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