Hi All,
A bit of backstory;
I have been approached by my workplace to take over our safety officer position as the person who is doing it is leaving. This will require me to go through training, be part of a committee and add to my already busy workload. The manager that approached me, of course kept stating how it will look good on a CV and will get me involved with something I could be proud of.
What really ticks me is that they just assumed I would take on this role with no discussion around if I wanted to or any mention of compensation, and just started inviting me to meetings and planning a handoff meeting.
I have already, politely pushed back stating that I had not had a meeting with my actual manager about this and that I would want to meet with them first about this addition to my role because as I see it this is me taking on a second role outside of what mine is, especially if I have to do training.
My question is if I do decide to take on this role, I have no clue as to what I should base the discussion of competition around as I'm not sure what a Safety Officer makes or how I should factor that into what I make now. I just don't want to be taken advantage of or work for free.
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Laura Franke
Administrator
Walker Projects a division of MBC
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