Covering 2 territories not receiving more money

It sounds like a very unfair situation for you. Unfortunately, based on the information given, I think it would be difficult to enforce your manager’s promise. First, the promise of “financial compensation” is probably too vague to constitute an enforceable contractual term. A contract is legally binding only if its terms are sufficiently definite to enable a court to understand the parties’ obligations. Second, there may be a problem with consideration. For a contract to be valid, there must be a benefit to each side. Since you already had taken on the extra work before the manager promised you “financial compensation,” there is no clear benefit to the manager, unless you had refused to continue handling the extra workload without extra payment. There would be a stronger argument if the manager made the promise first and you took on the extra work based on that promise.

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