How to Handle a Dry Promotion at Work
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- Опубліковано 7 жов 2024
- How do you handle a Dry Promotion at work? There are layoffs all throughout the United States and often the work of those laid off employees is handed to other team members without promotion or compensation increases.
Is this acceptable to you? For those looking to move up, for a limited time it may be welcomed as a way to shine. But for many, they will not want or accept these duties without a bump.
Had this happened to you before at work? Let us know, and if so, how did you handle it?
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Something similar happened to me last year when a small but critical department at work self-imploded. The company gave me a pathetic $2,600 temporary annual increase in my salary to hold things together until they could hire new personnel (which took 10 months). 18 months after taking over and training the new staff, I was able to parlay this nightmare of an experience into a big job promotion at a new company with a $20,000 annual salary increase.
Because of the title increase?
I dealt with the dry promotion for 5 months, and then resigned after they gave me a $200 bonus. lol
Smart thinking
You take the dry promotion USE the promotion title and apply for a new job
Has that worked for you?
@@MattRieck I haven’t experienced it since I am still early on but I know people who have done it
Stop suggesting that anyone allow their employers to blackmail them with the perceived threat of a layoff/termination if they don't agree to work for free. What b.s. "advice."
A dry promotion is why I'm quiet quitting.
Why not use the new title to get a better job?
@@MattRieck Not really a new title, just more responsibilities without a title change. Basically an add-on to job description. I'm done.
Titles are made up and don't mean anything anyway. The fact that they are doing it means they don't think they are getting enough value out of you or they are taking what you are doing for granted. Both of these leave you with no option but to start looking for something else. If they pay bump didn't come now when they announces the change it is not going to come later, why should it?
Places just expect people to do as much work as they can get them to. I would never take on extra work without extra pay. If a place is already short staffed then they don't want to lose you. Not my problem either. They are the ones that don't know how to run a business.
I have had this happen multiple times at my job. Then after a certain amount of time my employer will remove the duties from me without being compensated.
That's why you never do it without a pay raise.
This is a great analysis of a dry promotion. I have taken two dry promotions in my career and they both worked out great. I just waited until the the opportunity arose to take that title promotion and pay raise following the promotion. It is a risk and it is an investment in yourself; it may not always work out so it is at your own risk.
It almost NEVER works. Assume that you as a level 4 get aDP at 100k.You are now level 5.
A REAL promo would have bumped you to 110k. But you are DP so your still getting 100k.. HAHAHA
Next year you MIGHT get a bump to 110k, but will almost definitely just get $102-104k.
By the end of that BUMP year, you got 100k+104k so that's 204k.
If they paid sensibly you'd have MORE than 220k.
They aren't going to give a raise retroactively because companies NEVER do that unless lawyers are involved.
2020 - add on responsibilities to take on Project when manager on 3 month vacation. Project go live and still under my care till now.
2023 - up one grade (increase 1%) add on responsibilities to take on new Project (still doing till 2025) & company integration job.
2024 - Manager resigned. New manager want to add leader roles to me - i ask for promotion to Team lead then. New manager mentioned might be only dry promotion. Should i accept it or resigned too?
I been dry promotion without title / raise for the past 4 years.
No , cut your ties. I remember when I had a car that broke down a couple of times. The second time the towing company told me after this we have to cut ties. I was like wow but. that's what you have to do. Working more without more pay doesn't help with all the inflation nowadays.
Say yes to it and start looking for new jobs. If you don’t finds a job now then at least you are getting experience. If you find a job then you can tell your current employer to go f themselves
What other ways are there to back out of having taken on extra roles/responsibilities? I have multiple superiors who have no intention of 'climbing the ladder' and are sitting in the way of my promotional opportunities. Meanwhile none of them perform and refuse to take on the responsibilities I have. How do I approach their superiors without an "I can do it, why aren't they as capable as me?" comparison? It's extremely frustrating seeing people in positions I know I would do well in consistently do the bare minimum while I'm feeling stretched thin - earning less and doing more.
Change your job, you advancing higher = company has to train 2 people, you and your replacement at the lower level. Just switch companies. If impossible then see if the company expands, does more stuff, if a new segment opens up in the company you can talk to your bosses boss about filling the higher position there, but changing jobs is best bet.
@@deedoodeedoo6382 I've recently gone back to school online to get a degree so I can leap-frog the positions blocking my way. The thing hindering my placating of this position/company is the tuition reimbursement program (which I've yet to utilize - if I leave within a year of receiving a reimbursement I will owe some of it back to them. I'm torn between leaving before accepting a reimbursement or grinning and bearing it until I get the degree) and being with this company makes every 5th class free of charge. If I get the maximum reimbursement per year then I'll only accrue $10,000 of student loan debt by the time I graduate - but I am then forced to stay another year afterwards. I would graduate in 2026, so 2027 would be a departure if I didn't find that promotion beforehand. I've been contacted on Indeed about positions at other companies which would be a significant pay-raise and title change.. in discussing my options with family they seem to push the value of staying at a single company - which I'm not sure makes sense in today's world as it did for them 30+ years ago. The companies don't value my loyalty so why should I return it, is my thought. There are other minor variables like schedule change and continuing schooling while learning a new job, if I did find one, but I think my aversion to change and new things is what's really preventing me from taking the leap. A sort of "living with the poison I know" vs the unknown.
I’m currently a field sales rep for product and have been steadily climbing the ladder every 3 years. Every promotion came with a 10-15% bump which was great but recent I was offered my first role in service management. They basically offered 2k gross increase from existing salary which gets eaten up due to tax brackets so essentially I’m getting dry promoted.
The title change is fine because ill be trained in management and get experience but I don’t want to take that step without some sort of noticeable salary bump in my life.
I’m going from being dependant on my skills and territory which have allowed me to overachieve 7/8 years above my target to a less volatile steady income dependant on team and national performance. So it’s kind of soft capped.
Should I hold out for more or just keep doing my current job or take the title change, gain maybe a year of experience and start applying elsewhere?
Yes. Get the management experience then apply elsewhere. That experience promotes you to the next rung of the ladder and you’ll be able to cash that in with your next job move.