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You will find something more satisfying one day if you stay open to the opportunities and keep networking. There's no doubt the economy is really tough right now, everywhere.
I don't know the particulars of what you do or where you work, but is it possible for you to go to your supervisor and explain, rationally, without emotion, that you're doing higher grade level work and that you would like to be compensated at that level? Sometimes employers just don't even realize how their decisions make you feel unless you tell them.
Better still, if you could offer them the solution to the problem. I'm doing the work of the higher grade level, there's a shift at that level open, I think you should put me into that shift and pay me acordingly. That way I'll keep doing the good work I've done for you.
If they can't move you up, can you stop doing that higher level work? Gee, I'd like to help you out, boss, but I'm already doing this, this and that. I just don't see how I can fit that higher grade level stuff into my work load right now. Maybe you need to move me to that higher grade level shift?
Or, like you said, you could look for another job. Nothing wrong with looking. I recommend you don't quit this one until you find the next one, though. There's still six months between now and Fall.
Do I sound like your mother? Sorry. My stepdaughter is in the same situation, miles away from me, and I have this conversation with her almost weekly.
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