Just Rewards

So I've got several admin that I "manage" and I use that term loosely since I have no real authority over them. We are all told that if they start become overwhelmed, they are to come to me, which means that I then have to do their work. It's not like I can tell the President of the company that no, he can't get that proposal because his admin is working on something else. Give me a break.

But most of my admin are pretty good. They work hard. They offer to help out when other people need help. All but 1. She refuses to do anything that is administrative in nature, because she hates doing that in her job. Now, I have to do admin work because it's part of the job. I don't always like it but I do it. She just refuses. And I can't do anything about that.

So what happens? I had a meeting with my boss today to go over her review. For the most part, it was positive, but there was nothing out of the ordinary there. She does her job, and while she does it good, she doesn't really go above and beyond her job description, except for agreeing to teach our contact manager program to new staff. That's it. And how does she get rewarded? She gets a HUGE increase - 10.5%! Now, I work my butt off, do the job of 3 people, and I don't even get that. My boss is afraid that she will leave, so this is his way of preventing that.

That isn't something that I agree with, but unfortunately, I can't do anything about it. That's what annoys me. It just goes to prove that working hard doesn't always have its just rewards.