As a QA Engineer you should know your value, you should appraise you self.. The question you have post here is directly opposite from information you had given, in my opinion as I am also a QA/QC Engineer working here in Qatar, we are the only person can give proper appraisal, then, when we know our value, lets us ask for it, if the company can give, then thats it. Please dont get offended, we should not be compared to a secretary..