ohai

@ohai,  I certainly agree, I have learned to never throw anyone under the bus, ideas are always for the improvement of the “group”,  and be very respectful and thoughtful when posing any ideas or potential improvements. Simple concepts to keep up front.  
@bpdulog,  hopefully my comments can be of beneficial use to you; you can either start speaking up ( I am not saying yell but well thought out ideas) and adding some value or sit quietly on your 58K and wait until they hire someone else who has better ideas. I remember when I interviewed for my current position one of the last questions they asked me was “If you were given the position what ideas can I expect you to bring to the table that will add value to our firm?”….Remember that a 1000 Hedge Funds go out of business every year.  Management can’t always be that smart.

neil1234

I’ve noticed that a lot of ideas I bring up suddenly end up as part of my main client’s marketing discussions and thinking.  Sometimes I get credit for it, sometimes I don’t.

sabre

While I like nigelnyc’s approach and agree that this is how it *should* work for the most part, if we are talking about a Big 4 company here (someome mentioned above) nobody gives a $hit about your bright ideas. You advance by kissing as$, being extremely visible and well-liked among the partners around and plunging bravely into the depths of the sewage that is office politics. If generating bright and thoughtful ideas may result in stepping on someone superior’s toes, changing an organizational system or process or engagement procedure from the way it’s always been done - your audit partners running the show won’t like it, and they won’t like you.

Chuckrox

Wow, man $58K? Is that base + bonus? What do you get between the 2?
Find a new job immediately, working for that little will haunt you for the rest of your life. I thought my comp was horrible…

ryanlb

I’m glad you posted about your situation I must admit that its a bit scary considering a Canadian CFA compensation report mentions about 25% of the respondant earning well over 200k…
Good luck on asking for you raise, seems like its not an unreasonable move and I kinda doubt you put your employment at risk by bringing this up. I don’t see how the person would be that shocked that you thought of engaging a conversation about your compensation.

IAmNeil

Get the hell out of the big 4 and seek a higher position elsewhere is gonna be the fastest way to move up the ladder.