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The original was posted on /r/sysadmin by /u/edgyguy2 on 2024-01-24 00:10:54+00:00.
Hi!
Using my throwaway for anonymity purposes.
I'm a sysadmin in charge of several clients (meaning everything from helpdesk to server upgrades, documentation, training, on-calls, to SOC is on me). I love working with different verticals and exploring different venues that come with an MSP space. I'm working on several certifications and have obtained some basic ones in the past. I have grown a lot in the current place and it shows in every other aspect but financial. I have 4.5-ish years of enterprise experience. 10-ish volunteering and collecting experience in very niche MS technologies that are very useful, but not very marketable.
I've brought it up and there's really little to no leeway here. I had my performance review last week and they seem very happy with me in every aspect. I LOVE the team, the company culture, basically everything about the company except the fact that raises are close to non-existent.
I definitely want to move to the cloud/infra side in the (near) future with little to no client-facing roles. My plan is to get some additional and advanced SC and AZ certs as well like SC-300/AZ-104.
I will not disclose the exact location, but I will say it's HCOL area and I'm around the 50k mark.
My current plan is work on my skills more while I see if there's anything out there that's paying more and then make an informed decision.
Am I wrong or should I be paid more?