How to Respond to a “Dry Promotion” 🥴🙄😬🫨 #careeradvice #corporate

[raleighkapp-mcdonald]

That’s the promotion they were referring to when the manager said “If you don’t work past your paid hours, you won’t stand out for a promotion when they come around.”

[privatemasterminds]

If they want to "test drive" me, I want to test drive the paycheque.

[docholliday]

I love at the end how she was gonna chat with the team... That NEVER happens... They would have done it to begin with...

[tathoiclassicalindianbollywood]

Any corporate conversation that starts with Happy "random day of the week" is always going to be the most unhinged corporate bull you will hear.

[BacktoSchoolWhitney]

Almost the exact same thing happened to me Friday! I'm full time remote and was offered (it's now mandatory to the position) to go to China 4x per year for a week each time. Thanks to you, I knew I had to ask for a raise. That's a month each year away from my 3 young kids and husband, that deserves extra pay. Also, if they're paying 20k a year in new travel expenses, you'd think they could pay the person doing the travel more too, right? I put the number out there that I want and am waiting to hear back on if they can do it 🤞

[stevencowan]

I really think we should normalize those "don't say" responses tbh. If theyre trying to take advantage of you, they deserve to be soundly mocked and summarily dismissed.

I know realistically this is how you don't get fired, just wishful thinking really

[Skoell]

I accepted one of those for a good reason: In my new role, I have the power to decide what I’m actually doing day-to-day - what makes me very happy. Over a period of a year, I faded out from those “show customers where to click” tasks and now only focused on the interesting ones.

[davidshaffer]

Conversely, my Boss called me out of the blue a few weeks ago to inform me that I had been promoted and given a $15k/year(more than fair) raise. Needless to say, I did not need to apply this advice 😂 love my boss

[i_dont_give_adam]

your content has been so useful to this kinda lost high school student who doesn't know what the hell he's doing.

[kevh]

Ha! This is EXACTLY why my old company tried to do!
I refused the promotion without compensation and was constructively dismissed through childish bullying and sabotage tactics less than 3 months later.
But to be fair, leaving this company was the best thing I ever did!
Never stay at a toxic company!

[gsantos]

Been there. It was my first job, I accepted their terms, under the 'promise' that when my boss went away in a few months, I would take her place. They hired from the outside, and when she went away, I had to keep doing both jobs, getting less money. And I'm not in the US, so we know corporate bs is an international thing

[FreeThePickle]

Does anyone else find it extremely exhausting and concerning that in large businesses you have to defend yourself with prepared responses (and the tiniest details about how you say them) like this? I’m just tired of the facade

[lavanniarajalingam]

In my 18 years of working, I have been through this. I readily took up the role to "enhance" my leadership skills. I led the team and did my regular job on top of that. I have delivered projects with my team and that meant that I had to work additional hours daily to meet the targets. In the end, I didnt get my salary upgrade or any of the perks that was dangled infront of me. My well being suffered for no reason. Thanks but no thanks.

[merrivideo]

Thank you Erin. Yesterday I resigned from my job and I wouldn't have been able to identify the way they were mistreating me if I wouldn't follow you. I don't know if the new job will come with respectful people but I do know how to spot and face that type of treatment now. I repeat myself that I can do it.

[kzatx]

Unfortunately so common with management. As an EA, I hear executives wonder why they can’t get employees to step into “promoted” positions and then in the next breath bemoan those who ask for higher compensation

[lulolie]

At that point I feel it's better to just thank them for the "oppurtunity" but say no to increased duties for the same pay. You can be professional without giving suck-up responses like this that probably give them the impression they can keep walking over you.

[chuckhoyle]

I had a coworker that had this happen to her three times. Increased responsibility and workload with no increase in pay. Needless to say, she left shortly after the third time it happened. Today you are most likely to get promoted when you are not with the company you are currently working for. They have zero loyalty to you so do the same to them.

[axi]

Can you do videos on possible responses these companies can give? A lot of these videos have a lot of room of responses that may not be expected..

[emilyr]

I honestly can't see myself doing anything other than laughing that off & quitting if they expect me to do extra work for free. That pay raise ain't coming, don't fall for it. No company cares about you. Don't grind your way into an early grave for any boss. It isn't worth it.

[vickiibendit]

I was made the grade level lead at my school, but told there wasn't any compensation for it. Then I found out the other 3 grade level leads were getting a monthly stipend. When I asked where mine was, I was told MY level didn't get compensation. I told them that I was sorry, but I wasn't doing the work of leading all the freshmen teachers without a monthly stipend equal to the other leads. I then told them I was stepping down immediately. I also told the other teachers in my level why I was stepping down. They all refused unless they got a stipend. The department head had to take on that position as well as her department head duties. They weren't happy. I didn't care.