I've been covering two positions since May.

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December 15,2023 at 5:47PM UTC

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I've been covering two positions since May. I was told Id get a stipend and to document how much time I spent on the additional job. More than half of the time, average 60% a month. The stipend I was offered was a flat 1500 which has no relationship to these roles and there was no explanation. My supervisor said that's all we can do. Can I ask HR for an explanation?

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AnonymousDecember 15,2023 at 9:02PM UTC
Sure but upstand that because your stipend was not defined you'll may not receive much of a rationale.
AnonymousDecember 21,2023 at 1:44PM UTC
It’s probably going to be a waste of time. Jobs don’t care. They’ll take and take and give back the least amount.
AnonymousDecember 26,2023 at 5:15PM UTC
Explanation of what? Your company gave you what they thought was appropriate for the extra work. Unless you work hourly and took on many extra outside of 40 hours per week to do this second role there isn't much you can do. What did you expect? A second paycheck for a second job? If it bothers you that much look for a new job and in your resume tout the fact that you took this on and want to expand on that in your next position.
Covering for is often asked for when companies have an open role. If it was too much work and took you away from what you really wanted to do you should have declined it or said I don't have the capacity. It seems like you might have done the extra work to get the stipend and if that is the case you should have asked up front what that $ amount would be. IMHO, let it go it won't serve you to lament about this.