u/CalendarNo1192

I have been managing my department coming up on 4 years in November. Its a well known brand I work at and I lead one of the departments with a team of 8 including me. We have been doing quite well and growing year over year, very low turnover and solid growth.

Recently the group I work for has been buying up lots of new store locations in town and I have been getting sent to basically onboard and help with the acquisitions. What I was not made aware of was that the level of help required with these has taken me away from my own department and required supporting them for days and days at a time. Which is not an issue in and of itself but when all these new managers are calling me and emailing me for step by step instructions on completing tasks or meeting corporate requirements, it draws me away from the thing I actually get paid to do. There is a director above me who is actually responsible for these kinds of things and he gets paid for every store he oversees. I don't want to continue down this path of doing more and more of his job that I don't get paid for to become part of my job expectations. I have pushed back a bit but it was not received well at all and was thrown back to me under the guise of this is a learning opportunity. I am not learning anything new, I am simply training people to do the job I already do.

What would be your advice to either getting adequate compensation and title for the change in responsibilities, or putting a hard stop to the job creep. Thanks in advance!

Thoughts on Birthdays?

What do you do to prevent job creep without potentially ruining future advancement?

A little too on the mark...