Denied promotion for a year, told to find another job - now they're offering it after I resigned. What should I do?
Hi all, Posting here because I honestly need help figuring out what to do next.
I’ve been working at my current company for a few years now and consistently been one of the top performers in my team. For the past one year, I’ve been asking for a promotion - it was always pushed off with vague excuses like “not in this cycle” or “please wait for sometime.” What stung more was that others at my level were promoted, while I kept getting sidelined.
To make it worse, my manager would literally tell me to find another job whenever I brought it up. Not once, but multiple times. So I finally did just that. I got an offer from another company and submitted my resignation recently.
Now the same manager and the skip-level manager (who never showed any support before) are suddenly saying they're “ready” to promote me — but only after I resigned. They want me to serve the full 90-day notice period, even though I know for a fact that early releases have been allowed in the past, depending on the manager's discretion.
The emotional toll this has taken is real. I felt gaslit, undervalued and mentally exhausted dealing with this corporate politics. I stayed professional, kept delivering results, but none of it mattered until I had another offer in hand.
How can I get an early release? I can't stand this politics anymore.
I’m inclined to just move on and never look back, but I’d appreciate any advice or similar stories. I feel like I’m not the only one this has happened to.
Thanks in advance 🙏
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Never stay back after resignation. If needed go in good terms and come back after a year. But never take the resignation back.
If we open a condom pack, we have to use it. It can't go back for later use.
You cannot get an early release. They will never allow it, since you are leaving for a better role.
I want to leave and never look back. Leaving early is not possible because of politics. Looking for a way to make it work, but idk:/
Manager is playing with you don't listen to him. You always wanted to quit and so now why having second thaught?
I'm not having a second thought. I just want to get out as early as possible. It's just that I'm surrounded with people who'll make my exit even more troublesome. I want to blackmail my manager but that's not what I am.
This is exactly the time you should engage with HR, present the situation and seek their advice on how they would want to proceed. To some extent, the relieving part is also in the hands of HR so you can highlight the need, pain points and what not and see where it leads you.. good luck🤞
Value yourself don't stay where you are not appreciated.