ZestyQuokka
ZestyQuokka

TIL: Dry Promotions. Your story of being promoted without any pay raise?

Knew this as concept but didn't know the term. Learnt it last week on one of my posts here

Have you faced this in any of your previous companies?

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ZestyQuokka
ZestyQuokka
Hinge14mo

I'll go first

Company I was with during Covid times, with no increment for 2 years. I had been good at work, so the VP Sales (my boss's boss) decided to make me the Single Point of Contact for Pan country new partnerships. I was handling only one of the regions at that point.

I was surprised and elated. Pinged my boss to discuss this promotion (and possible money 🤑)

He said, you'll get the money once (if) you perform in the role.

If you had questions about my abilities, why did you promote me in the first place?

PeppyUnicorn
PeppyUnicorn

Similar case here 😅 In my case, I only saw it when I was reviewing the pitch deck slides.

ZestyQuokka
ZestyQuokka
Hinge14mo

@MicahBell You mean you were promoted and weren’t even informed?

BubblyNoodle
BubblyNoodle
Nike14mo

I had gotten 3% hike for a promotion. Felt humiliated.

WigglyPotato
WigglyPotato
Jio14mo

They gave me 2% after Covid excuses for 3 years fml

FuzzyDonut
FuzzyDonut

Use the better job title to help apply for other jobs

DerpyQuokka
DerpyQuokka
EY14mo

Got promoted with less than inflation rate hike, feels like a joke when company is earning billions yet can’t even give decent hikes nowadays

ZestyQuokka
ZestyQuokka
Hinge14mo

Way to common! They can have offsites, but oh we are too poor for hikes. Here take a pizza party this Friday

PerkyDumpling
PerkyDumpling

Got promoted to head of engineering without a pay lol

ZestyQuokka
ZestyQuokka
Hinge14mo

Whoa Engineering head 🙌 Did you move out of the company then?

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Which company is it? Name and shame

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@pLaidOff keep up this energy! So much respect for people who know their worth and stand up for themselves!