Step · Reveal · Employee Edition
The Scope Creep Invoice
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Every new responsibility handed to you without a comp change is scope your paycheck did not account for. The job grew. The invoice did not.
What this reveals. One number: the annual dollar value of the responsibilities added to your role since your last comp change, priced at the market premium for that scope, and cumulative over the years you have carried the expanded scope.
What it does not do. It does not tell you to file a grievance or refuse the added work. It models the size of the added scope not reflected in pay so the next comp conversation is anchored in evidence.
What is your current base compensation?
Annualized base salary today. Not including bonus or equity.
How long since your last meaningful comp change?
A real base adjustment or promotion. Not a merit tick. The last time your comp reflected a step change in scope.
How many new responsibilities have you absorbed?
Direct reports added. Regions absorbed. Programs owned. Products taken over. Reorg-driven expansions. Count the material additions.
What market premium would that scope expansion warrant?
The percentage above base that a market-rate role including those added responsibilities would pay. Source from salary bands, peer conversations, or offers to comparable candidates.
What share of that premium has been reflected in your comp?
Adjustments already made in response to the added scope. If nothing has been adjusted, the answer is 0 percent.
the total dollar value of scope added but not reflected in your comp
The number above is the modeled value of the scope you have absorbed since your last comp change. It is not an amount owed to you. Priced at the market premium for that expansion, net of any partial adjustment already made, and applied over the years you have carried it.
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Assumptions used: base comp, duration since last change, count of additions, market premium, and reflected share, all inputs you selected. The invoice is a scenario built from those inputs. It is not a claim against your employer, a formal grievance, or negotiation advice.
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This estimate helps you examine how your responsibilities have changed since your last compensation adjustment. Its usefulness depends on the records and assumptions behind it.
If a role review or scope discussion is approaching, the next question is what compensation or responsibility change you can support. Decision Desk™ examines the evidence and prepares a documented position for that discussion.
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