Promised a promotion, but they have not delivered???

Question

I work for a really large company, and I am great at what I do. There are two seperate parts to my job, one of them is project managing, and he other is gathering information needed for Designers. Back in June of 06, I was asked if which part of my job that I preferred, and I let them know. A few months passed (Aug.), and they finally offered me a promotion to do the "gathering of information" job -Image Resouce Specialist. I signed paperwork(Sept), and was told that as soon as someone was trained to cover my old position, I would be trained and start the new position. A new person started in October fully trained. I have been consistanly asking about my propmotion, and there is no answer. I am doing the job (since Sept 06)...but I have not seen the pay increase. I have written emails to my supervisor, but she just keeps saying she is busy and will get to me as soon as she can. Now my annual pay raise was only merited on my old rate not what I should be making doing the new job?

Answer 1

I have been in the same situation and there is not much you can do without looking like a complainer or a touble-maker, thus damaging your chances for future promotion with this company. Nicely remind your supervisor in person from time to time (not e-mail) when you are alone and the situation is appropriate. Unfortunately, sometimes supervisors do get busy and put personnel issues on the back burner - not fair or appropriate, but often personnel issues are the easiest to push to the bottom of the pile. I would also nicely ask that they consider giving you retroactive pay for the period of time where you should have been working in the new position. It's not unreasonable to ask since you've been waiting for awhile.

Answer 2

Tread lightly on this one. I tried calling the companies bluff with a lawyer one time and got fired!

You must like the company or you would have found your own solution with a change in companies (the solution I like). So, you have to work with-in the guide lines that you and the company have established. So far you have allowed them to convince you that you were working two jobs and they took one away. If you think about it logically; they now have to pay two people to do the job you used to do by yourself. Not a bad deal for you but sucks for the company. On the other hand, if you are doing the one job better now than you were before, it would look like you weren't doing that good of a job previously (the two jobs).

After reading my own advice I find it a little depressing but true, I would suggest you keep your feelings to yourself and discretely look for employment elsewhere. The company you are with does not treat the most important business asset (you) very well!

Answer 3

It is not a breech of contract to have not given you a promotion unless you are a contract employee with a written employment contract that states your job title, rate of pay, and dates that the contract covers. I would just go and speak to your boss about it, stop the e-mails, and find out what is going on. Tell him/her about the annual pay raise and how it was calculated to find out if it can be adjusted in any way. Since you are not being paid the higher rate yet they may not need to change it.

Answer 4

i used to work for a very large gas campany as well, one of my duties in my position was to enroll current employees who like what they do to have a better title of position but nothing else, more like, my company was falling behind in "area a" so i found someone that liked working in that area and made thier work day focus on that aspect of thier job and hire someone else to take the rest of the work load off the persons shoulders. to easily catch up, i can't speak for all companys but in my opinion, what i think they will be doing is once your company is at a comfy position with what you are working on, they will find a reason for your replacement to be fired and put you back to your old position, big companys are very schemy like that. in some case's i would give the employee a bonus for a thanks or maybe a paid vacation wihich the comapany has money for anyway, so no loss. kinda like sick leave in that case, you know. i would bite the bullet if i were you and just think your helping your company, maybe get you some browny points in the big offices. hope this helps.

Answer 5

Just keep on her about your pay raise, remember persistance breaks resistance, and if that doesnt work go above her to her boss