The BS seems to be over ... for now
Work has calmed down a bit this week. The big bosses have all done their morale visits that included pep talks. They all should really get together and go over what they are saying, because they all say exactly the same thing like they are reading from a script. It does not exactly make one feel the sincerity since nobody can be original in their speeches. I did have my chat with my one regional manager touching on the issue of not attributing information given by others to everyone at the branch. She understood what I was saying. I did bring up my issue of salary again and even got un-requested support from my co-manager. I pointed out that if I was coming from another bank or left and my position had to be filled, the pay for my position would be higher that I am getting now. Then, while alone with her, my co-manager told our boss that I "practically run this branch by myself" and she would hate to lose another person over a pay issue such as this one. The boss agreed with her and said it is something we would address at our meeting next week. I now have a very good argument for a substantial increase since the company gave managers HR tasks and gave us online access to our employees information in order to remove them from the system, update their status, put in raise requests, and post open positions. Included in this information is their salary information. So not only do I know what my co manager makes, but also the other employees in the branch. I really have a good relationship with my bosses here in Pittsburgh so the discussions are not adversarial in any way, they are open and respectful. We have also talked about future happenings in the affiliate which will be creating new positions and I have been upfront about where I want to be in the company. They like having career plans in place. So I am keeping my fingers crossed and have confidence that an agreement can be reached but I am also keeping one eye on the open positions at other banks, just in case.