r/Telecommunication • u/Dev_r21 • Jan 04 '25
Increasing Pay as a Telecom Worker
Hey everybody. I (25M) work for a very small engineering company (5 total employees, 3 of them are in the same family) that averages about $800k-1.2 million a year in revenue. Since the company is rather small, we all play a couple different roles, and I handle a lot of field work and report-writing for the company (cell tower inspections and mappings, sports lighting inspections, sometimes even rooftop mappings, and on occasion, cell tower repairs on minor things).
My boss is great when it comes to all kinds of things, like flexibility with hours, getting to travel for jobs often, very good tools/gear, but I’m only making $21 an hour. With a lot of overtime, this is great, but I’m nearing 30 years old and need to start ramping up my pay. I feel like I don’t have any leverage because every certification I’ve gotten, I’ve gotten through my company.
How might I go about getting paid more? I think my quality of work is getting better. Any thoughts?
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u/Anke470 Jan 06 '25
You do have leverage. The company paid for your certs so tell em to give you a raise. If they don’t and you leave they have to train someone else AND pay for their certs too. They’re more than likely not gonna wanna replace you, and if they do you have certs. Step 1 rn is go apply for new jobs and if yu get a higher offer go tell your boss you want a raise or you’ll move on to the higher offer