I work for a small company in Northern Utah. Lately, a few things have made me start questioning whether I’m really being paid what I’m worth — and whether this setup is worth it at all. I guess what I’m really asking is: Is this a fair setup for my role and location, or am I getting underpaid and undervalued? I am the Media and Marketing Manager — though really, I am the entire marketing team. We’re in a niche service industry with about 20 employees total, including technicians. I’ve been here just over 20 months, but the company has been around a few years shy of a decade. For context, this is my first real job in the marketing industry. Before this, I worked at a large, corporate utility billing management company as a team lead making $25/hr. I had been trying to transition into a marketing role for a while, but every internal application was rejected due to my lack of direct marketing experience. When this current company offered to take a chance on me, I jumped on it — but I also had no idea how to value myself at the time. It was a risk for both myself AND the company. Prior to my coming onboard, marketing and content creation efforts were delegated to the sales manager (with little to no experience), with a few attempts at outsourcing the marketing for a while with very little ROI. When I was brought on, the position was made FOR me. I handle everything from planning and filming content and ads, to editing, posting, and managing them. In addition to this, anything on the technical or creative side is generally given to me as that’s in my wheelhouse (such as the art side of changing our vehicle wraps, I created an instant quote tool for our company’s website, etc). My wage is $28/hr and I’m not salaried. As for benefits: * There's no work-sponsored insurance, though finally some talk of shopping around for quotes. * A 401K plan existed when I joined, but it’s since been cancelled. * Holidays aren’t paid — if you take the day off, you don’t get paid. * PTO is minimal. You get nothing until your 1-year mark. After that, it’s just 40 hours per year, added on each work anniversary. No sick leave or separate holidays. On the plus side, we’re a small and tight-knit company. That means there’s a lot of leniency from the boss when it comes to work hours, time off (albeit unpaid), and general flexibility. This last week my wife and I were hit with a really bad case of COVID that made it very, very difficult to work. I had already used my 40 hours of PTO for this, my second year with the company, and therefore this week is mostly going unpaid. I’ve just begun to realize I may not be getting paid what I’m worth. What are your thoughts? Is this normal for small companies in general — or for Utah? Or am I right to feel undervalued?