Do I have any chance of getting a raise?

Question

I've been working at a certain television network for 6 months now (first job out of college) in their sales department. Everyone is always telling me how great my performance is and my boss's clients are always telling him how much they love working with me. I do extra work in addition to what others in my position do. The only problem is that I don't make anywhere near what the average salary for my position in my city is (I checked salary.com), and it's so bad that I have to work a second job 20 hours a week to pay my student loans and other expenses. I'm just sick and tired of it and I want to ask for a raise, but I'm afraid that with the writers strikes now would be a bad time. Should I ask for the raise that I know I deserve, or should I wait for conditions for the company to improve? Or should I just give my two weeks notice and go to an industry that can fairly compensate me for my hard work?

We do not have annual performance reviews, just an automatic annual raise to account for inflation.

Answer 1

Now is not a great time to be asking for a raise. I'm assuming that you get an annual review and that's the proper time to bring this up - including that you do extra work and that you have been told you are a good performer. Dont always take the salaries on salary.com as gospel. I find that for many jobs they are pretty much on the high side.
Whatever you do dont quit a job until you already have another one.