Additional responsibilities, no extra money

CaptainWales

Hi. My employer wants me to start line managing somebody not in my direct team. It's a good development opportunity but they have said they won't pay me anymore for doing additional work. I dont want to pass up a development opportunity but equally dont want to be screwed over! Anybody have any thoughts? Anybody managed somebody not in their team and was it difficult? 

74jax

CaptainWales said:

Hi. My employer wants me to start line managing somebody not in my direct team. It's a good development opportunity but they have said they won't pay me anymore for doing additional work. I dont want to pass up a development opportunity but equally dont want to be screwed over! Anybody have any thoughts? Anybody managed somebody not in their team and was it difficult? 

Ask for other development opportunities, training courses perhaps. 

If you accept, then yes you are doing more for less and being 'screwed over' if that's not what you want (if you're happy than fine).

Jillanddy

It's very common to be allocated additional learning opportunities  - if you have no management experience then this is a way of getting something on the CV for promotion to management positions. Whether you are being screwed over is a matter of perspective. I'm sure if you don't want to do it then someone else will. When the promotion opportunity comes up the someone else will probably get that too. But it is your choice. 

Undervalued

74jax said:

CaptainWales said:

Hi. My employer wants me to start line managing somebody not in my direct team. It's a good development opportunity but they have said they won't pay me anymore for doing additional work. I dont want to pass up a development opportunity but equally dont want to be screwed over! Anybody have any thoughts? Anybody managed somebody not in their team and was it difficult? 

Ask for other development opportunities, training courses perhaps. 

If you accept, then yes you are doing more for less and being 'screwed over' if that's not what you want (if you're happy than fine).

But you do also need to consider what the long term benefits may be.

As I am sure you realise there is no automatic legal right to more pay for more responsibility.

BrassicWoman

Do you see yourself line managing people i the future?

I would not appoint someone with no managerial experience at all to a management or supervisory role. 

So it depends where your future takes you.

getmore4less

CaptainWales said:

Hi. My employer wants me to start line managing somebody not in my direct team. It's a good development opportunity but they have said they won't pay me anymore for doing additional work. I dont want to pass up a development opportunity but equally dont want to be screwed over! Anybody have any thoughts? Anybody managed somebody not in their team and was it difficult? 

They are already paying you for the hours you do.

If you are maxed out you can't fit in extra work, ask what you will be dropping to fit in this extra work.

If not maxed out then it is just utilizing your spare time already paid for.

The work may be of higher value but probably not a lot unless that part of the role started taking up a lot more time.

In some cases where the work is technical supervision can be of similar or even lower value than the real work.

DontBringBertie

BrassicWoman said:

Do you see yourself line managing people i the future?

I would not appoint someone with no managerial experience at all to a management or supervisory role. 

So it depends where your future takes you.

This is the key. I was in a very similar situation last year when I did at least 50% more work than my colleague at the same grade. And my boss then asked me to line manage a new member of the team. I had the same thoughts as the original poster but decided to say yes.

But I have since had an external job offer, and one the ‘essential criteria’ was line management experience as the new role involves managing someone. So short term hassle for long term gain.

Not sure what type of work you do but how easy it is to manage someone depends on:

a) their competence/ability to think for themselves (can you give them work do and they just get on with it or do you have to keep monitoring them and reminding them to do stuff)
b) their personality (will they mostly accept what you tell them or are they the sort to kick up a fuss at minor things)

Could you subtly and informally find out what this person you may have to manage is like?

74jax

Undervalued said:

74jax said:

CaptainWales said:

Hi. My employer wants me to start line managing somebody not in my direct team. It's a good development opportunity but they have said they won't pay me anymore for doing additional work. I dont want to pass up a development opportunity but equally dont want to be screwed over! Anybody have any thoughts? Anybody managed somebody not in their team and was it difficult? 

Ask for other development opportunities, training courses perhaps. 

If you accept, then yes you are doing more for less and being 'screwed over' if that's not what you want (if you're happy than fine).

But you do also need to consider what the long term benefits may be.

As I am sure you realise there is no automatic legal right to more pay for more responsibility.

Totally, that's why if op is happy and wants to do it then fine. 

If op doesn't and resents it, he will start to feel, in their words 'screwed over'.