Typhoid's Advice Column

[Professor S]

Hmmm, lts try out this dubious magic 8-Ball...

I am at a place in my job where I am underpaid for what I do ($50k a year, about 75 to 80 is average, with good benefits for managing an Account Management and Member Education team) but I really like my job and and for the most part the people I work with.

So far I have been able to justify my underpayment because I was learning a ton about how to be an effective manager and was growing as a professional, but that has started to decrease and quickly. Frustration has started to creeep in.

But still, I really like my job, and I have been very siuccessful at it (increased team production by 83% my first year as manager), and to be honest its hard to complain about my salary to my superiors when I started in 2006 at $36k a year.

Now I have a kid on the way. So my issue is two fold:

1) How do I present my situation to my boss at my next review (May 8)

2) Do I decide to test the waters to find a new job (the great unknown) with a kid on the way?