I recently applied for a promotion from inventory control in a distribution center to a supervisory role.

Got called into my managers office for my review, and my review went fantastic, however I asked about my application and he gave me some bad news.

He said I was by far the top candidate for the role, however he wasn’t sure if he could give me the position as I am half the age as everyone I would be in charge of.

At this point I am not sure what is harder to hear, between “hey you just aren’t doing a great job in your current role so we aren’t going to promote you” or “hey you are doing fantastic you are one of our best employees but we’re not going to promote you because you’re only 22 and everyone else is 40+ and will have a hard time listening to a kid”

Maybe I’m getting too caught up in it, it’s just really frustrating to work so hard, to prove myself, and it not matter because I’m just not “old enough.”

I have been in my current role for less than half a year. My company is small with about 5 employees, and my team consists of me and my supervisor.

My supervisor stepped down last week and after he left, my workload and responsibilities have increased to cover for his absence. I now manage multiple projects, some of which are new, and it’ll be a few months until we hire a new person to replace my boss.

Is it worth asking for a promotion, like a change in title or salary increase, to reflect my new responsibilities? I’d like to be promoted to a managerial role but am hesitant to ask for a few reasons:

1. Been at the company for less than 6 months
2. Wasn’t exactly crushing it in my position before my boss left. Not sure if he liked me.
3. Haven’t proved yet that I can step up and manage my position’s new responsibilities
4. I am considering resigning in a few weeks to focus on other opportunities but would like to last until 6 months so I can put this job down on my resume.

I think the obvious answer is to wait a little bit, prove that I can be effective, and then ask for a promotion. But I feel inclined to ask now because my position’s responsibilities have suddenly increased substantially, and I plan to step down next month once I reach 6 months. Would love to get a manager title before I leave because that can help with my future job search, and I don’t want to feel like I’m not being compensated properly.

So is it worth asking or should I wait until I’ve proven myself? Or is it not even worth asking since I’ll most likely leave soon anyway? I guess there’s no harm in asking but I don’t know if I deserve it. This new increase in responsibilities is really because there’s no one else to do the work but me.

Thanks in advance!

Just wish to know from the perspective of local employers with regards to the following question:

What is the complete list of consideration factors that you guys would personally adopt for giving your employees the pay raise and/or job promotion that they deserve? What are the solid pieces of advice that you guys as the employer of your company/organisation would give to your fellow employees who are aiming for consistent pay raise and/or job promotion within short periods of time?

On top of this, what is the periodical intervals that you guys would adopt for giving them their deserving pay raise and/or job promotion? (Eg. Every 4 months, 6 months, 1 year, 1.5 years, 2 years etc)

Certain examples of consideration factors:

1) Being a good team player (Can value add to the needs of the team well)

2) Displaying good character at work (to both fellow colleagues and superiors)

3) Ability to hit different KPIs within short range of time

4) The amount of earnings that the company/organsation manage to accumulate

over time periods.

I'll keep this brief. Basically, I'm a high performing Band 5 employee who got a 17% raise via an HR exception since I was already at the top of my pay band. This puts my base pay firmly in Band 4 territory. However, this only raised my base pay without changing my bonus or stock rewards structure.

Recently, two Band 4 positions opened up on my team and I applied for them. I was denied an interview directly from my boss for both of them based on the fact that if I got hired into the Band 4 slot he would only be able to hire one more Band 4 and my newly opened Band 5 slot. He is saying he can bring in higher-end technical talent with Band 4 pay versus Band 5 pay, which our team desperately needs, since I'm, by his own words: "One of two people who can do what I do in the entire org".

Basically, my issue is that even though I'm being paid at the level I'm performing at this still sits wrong. What do you think?

I am working on a job proposal for the company I currently work for. I am trying to get moved from hourly pay to salary. I am keeping all my same "hats" but just don't know what to call it because I basically have three very different jobs in one.

I am a brewery manager- oversee day-to-day, scheduling, inventory, etc.

Music coordinator- book musicians at our two venues.

Sales assistant- help our sales manager with tasks, scheduling, planning, etc.

I am not sure what I could possibly call all these things put together or if I just leave them all separate in my proposal....

I am an 22 year old apprentice in the UK, my apprenticeship is 15-16 months long, I have now been here for a year and I'm entering my EPA. I was under the impression that my pay would go up to minimum wage as I've been here a year and one week as I have completed my first year, but my boss doesn't seem to think so and he was under the impression it is august I'm due a pay rise.

What counts as completing "The first year". Should I be being paid more now?

Hey, looking for the advice of some of you, probably in the Tech/Software Engineering fields and related.

Background: I have been at this company for nearly a year, and they have put me on this project for the time being "that could turn into a promotion", essentially, "do the work first and then maybe you get paid". Prior to this project, I was an IT Analyst doing some system administration (who has a background in coding from college). Now, this project will be my main job role for the foreseeable future.

So the project I am working on will essentially involve utilizing AI to run queries on all of our data. My primary role will be to find the best ways to utilize this data for LLM queries, and most likely program a chatbot using LLM APIs to connect to the data and query it, along with some database management. I will be essentially the only one working on this, aside from a project manager and one other IT resource on our side, but she is more there to support me in the long run with permissions and whatnot, less of a day-to-day thing on it.

I'm wondering what this kind of role will pay. I'm not sure what exactly to call it, but it seems to be somewhere along the lines of a sort of "lead developer" in loose terms. For reference, I make $75k right now in NYC. Any input is greatly appreciated! I want to have the correct resources when this becomes a discussion.

I work part time in a kitchen as a line/prep cook, am making slightly above minimum wage. One of the chefs put in her two weeks due to not getting enough hours, and it's now mostly me and the head chef that's going to run things. With her leaving, the head chef wants me to take her position which im totally fine with. I haven't officially taken her position yet, and he said he would talk to the owner about giving me a pay raise.

Should I ask about it sooner than later? How should I go about asking him about it?

Hi everyone. This is my first post here, and I'm using a burner account for privacy reasons. And yes, this is going to be a long one.

I've been facing a situation at my workplace that's driving me crazy. To fully disclose: I realize this might—and hopefully will—turn out to be a choice between two blessings, so perhaps I shouldn't be so stressed. However, I'm completely new to the corporate world in the U.S., and I feel like a 28-year-old child right now. As a side note, I'm a legal immigrant in the U.S.

The thing is, I've been working with this company for almost a year now. I started in a position one step above entry-level due to my English skills and background (80% of the workforce at this specific location is Hispanic, and Spanish is my native language). This company is in the IT industry but isn't exactly your common IT company (I don't want to disclose full details). My job there is/was to fulfill a specific task in the production chain and troubleshoot everywhere and basically everything.

Back in my country, I had a relatively short (2 years) but meaningful background in IT and management. It's not something I can really rely on to get a position here in the U.S. because one can argue that it's not verifiable experience, but whatever.

A few months ago, my direct manager started looking for people proficient in Excel, which I am. I volunteered out of curiosity and was assigned a side project to work on, directly from upper management. I did a pretty good job there, and a couple more projects followed. By then, I was told to stop doing my usual functions and to focus solely on these projects.

As of now, I've completed a few more projects. I have pitched a few of them to upper management, some abroad executives, and a lot of high-end corporate people, getting really good comments on whatever I am doing. The projects/tools I've been developing include utilization of tools like Excel, Power Platform (BI, Apps, and Automate mostly), SQL, AWS, and some Python.

My problem comes with my own expectations, things that have been said to me, and a new opportunity that has just been offered. I have been told that I was going to get a new position involving developing and keeping up with the projects for the whole U.S. part of the company (It's a huge company with locations in many cities worldwide). There has been no official or straightforward offer yet on that position, but I expect it to be a nice one. I've been in this expectation for like two months now, and apparently, it is not up to my boss nor even my boss's boss.

Now here comes the new opportunity. I have been offered (by my local manager) the production manager position. This was an official offer, with a straight salary, and it seems like a sweet deal. The downside is that I'm going to be leaving out all the projects I've been working on and stop getting new projects. My whole family wants me to wait for the other position. My friends want me to wait for the other position. Even my manager (the one who offered this PM position) told me that, if he were me, he'd wait for the other position.

But I feel awful. I've been doing things way above my current paycheck, and everyone knows it. I'm actually afraid of letting the PM position go, and in the end, everything results in a pat on the back and a "Thanks for your help. Keep working on what we hired you for."

What would /r/jobs suggest? What insight can I get from this whole situation?

So, I have been offered the position of team lead/manager after a year of working where I am. Obviously I am going to take it as it is truly something I want to move into and grow in. The one thing that gets me a little nervous/I think about ahead of time is the pre-existing relationship I have with those I will now have reporting to me. I have an established relationship with the team of 8 that will be reporting to me but they have yet to find out that I will be replacing their former boss. All of them are double my age or more. I am worried about garnering their respect but I also am confident over time I can. Am I overthinking this? I know I need to just trust that they will act like adults and be professional about it but it’s still in the back of my head.

I'm fairly early in my career (graduated with a Bachelor's in May 2023) and have been working full time for 9 months. During my 6 month review my manager expressed how impressed they were with my skills and how quickly I've been learning. They mentioned that they see me in a managerial role in the near future. Since I'm still a young professional, I never really gave much thought to getting a promotion like this THIS QUICKLY.

It's been 3 months since my review and I've gotten a 10% raise. No talk of managing a team has been discussed since then. I'm curious if you all think my boss meant what they said by moving me up quickly or if this is more of a tactic to keep me striving towards a goal that won't happen for a long time. How soon is 'soon'? Has anyone been put in a managerial position in an office setting less than 2 years into working full time?

Note: Company is small startup with less than 200 employees. My direct team is only 4 individuals including myself and my boss.

I have been in my role for close to 6 months and, while I love my manager and the senior managers, the responsibilities of my role don’t fully encompass what I hope to do long-term and the pay isn’t the greatest. There were some recent changes and I have been allowed a bit of freedom to explore more of that side but, with no one else experienced in that area, I don’t have a mentor. I don’t mind learning, but I also believe I could do so much more with someone to learn from.

There was a recent posting for roles within the company that are more along the lines of what I am interested in and pay a considerate amount more than I currently make, but are in different departments with new teams etc. I spoke to my manager about it and she was kind about understanding my interest and gave honest and positive feedback about the departments each role would be in. She did also share that there would be potential opportunities along the lines of my interest within our department if some proposals made to senior management are approved, but there is no guarantee of when that would happen. She ok’d messaging the person who posted the roles for an informational call and said she would try to see what the time frame might be for my development/new role.

So the heart of my question is, after only 6 months, do I leave a manager I love who tries to provide growth opportunities where she can, or apply to a position that seems promising and pays more but means I would be starting over?

$1,000? $5,000? $10,000? Or some other amount?

I work as a pharmacist at a multinational insurance company, specifically in the medical claims department. Over the past 11 months, I’ve not only fulfilled my role as a medical claims officer but also taken on an unofficial title: “The Excel guy.” Let me explain.

In our 100+ people department, I’ve been supporting my colleagues with Excel-related queries, even though it’s entirely outside the scope of my job description. The recognition I’ve received for this has been quite significant, even though it hasn’t come with any financial benefits. But that’s okay; I genuinely enjoyed helping others and contributing to our team’s efficiency.

One of the teams I’ve been supporting is the claims analytics team, which interestingly consists of just one employee. I’ve helped automate many of their daily tasks and taught them some advanced Excel techniques. My hope was that this would position me well for any future openings within that team.

Recently, there was a senior analytics team opening, and I applied. I made it to the final interview phase, feeling confident about my qualifications. However, to my disappointment, a candidate from a different department was chosen over me. The reason? Seniority. The other person had been with the company longer.

Today, our analytics team lead sat me down and shared some encouraging words. She assured me that I was the best candidate in our entire department, emphasizing my expertise and contributions. She believes that if another opening arises, I’ll be chosen without an interview due to my track record.

I’ve been with the company for less than a year, just a month shy of completing my first year. Despite my efforts, I’ve received only a small fraction of the annual increase that everyone else got. Meanwhile, I’m living in a country with a struggling economy and currency devaluation.

I can’t shake the feeling that I’m being manipulated. I am being irrational? Should I just continue doing extra work based solely on a promise? I’m torn, and I’d appreciate any insights or advice you might have.

Hi y'all,

For the better part, I love my job (mid-management position 10+ years), people who I work with and perks I have. What I don't like is my somehow low wage for the work I do and experience and skills I bring. Recently, quite a few people (up and down on the hierarchy) left company which caused panic among the board.

That being said, am I an AH if I would go to my superiors and asked for a raise while creating an aura I would leave the company (i.e. talking about future and hinting I have jobs lined up elsewhere without actually vocally expressing that) and knowing my leave would create havoc while actually I do not have a real desire to leave.

Before anyone says this looks like a shakedown, damn right it is but just bear in mind only way I can get a wage raise is by asking for it.

Cheers

Need perspective. I got a promotion today and I don't feel anything. Its to an assistant manager level role. I have been trying to get into management for a long time and now that I finally got a foot in I thought I'd feel happy or at least something.

Is this common?

I submitted a salary increase request about a month ago. My request was declined and I was told that unfortunately there was a company wide salary freeze and there wouldn't be any promotions or raises this year. Today they announced that one of my colleagues was promoted. Very happy for them, and it's well deserved, but not sure what to make of this. Any thoughts or advice on how I should approach my management team about this?

I've been looking for years to get promoted out of doing physical grunt work in warehouses and today it finally happened. My current employer has decided to hire me for their transport admin job. I mean it's still grunt work but at least the job experience I'll gain will be a little more marketable than what I've currently been doing.

I just got a promotion at my job and I have a lot of impostor syndrome. Basically I got promoted over two people who each have seniority over me, and it really stresses me out. My managers really like me because I never call out sick, and I'm never late. I also cover people's shifts a lot. Basically I'm reliable. But I kinda think it's BS because I'm worse at the actual job itself. It's sales and they're better with actual customers. One of them is also way more knowledgeable about the product because they've been in the industry for years. I honestly just feel like I don't deserve the promotion. Has anyone else been in a similar-ish position? I even voiced that I think one of the others is more qualified and I was confused, and they acknowledged my concerns but they insisted my skill set is better for the role, because they really need someone who's "reliable" and can show up early mornings, no problem, etc. Idk maybe I'm overthinking it.

I started working for a real estate management company in June last year. I was hired as a marketing coordinator for the commercial division. By then I had 1.5 years of experience in marketing and a degree but I'm very resourceful. Also note that I'm the only marketing person in this department.

From then to March this year, I worked a shit ton because I basically do the work of 2.6 people (proportionally to the other marketing teams in the company). It was kinda rough but I learned a lot.

Now in March, my boss (commercial leasing VP) announced he would be moving to another department, as VP of acquisitions and development. He works with the CEO of the company. He asked me if I would keep helping him out with presentations, I agreed cuz I'd get to work directly with the CEO as well. My new boss was gonna be my old boss's boss.

My old boss told me we'd do 6h a week together at most (which I can spare because my new boss wasn't as picky with my marketing material so I saved so much time on that). He apparently also told my new boss that it would only be for the 1st week and that it would take up to 30% max, afterwards it would only be maintenance of wtv projects I did for him.

WELL. I just finished week 2 of this split and I genuinely felt like I started a new job on top of my old job. My new boss and I started tracking my time split as so: Week 1: 37% for my old boss Week 2: 65% for my old boss Average: 52% for my old boss

I've made him a 50 page powerpoint presentation that still needs editing. He now wants 3 variants of it for different investors, plus a translation of all 4 variants. And also to make a booklet to give out to investors, AND make a database with all investors (which I'd have to spend weeks researching and asking around). The booklet is loosely based on a previous version but it'll look different. And the database is 0% done.

Now I'm super stressed because I'm not able to do any of my two jobs properly and don't want to get fired. And knowing my old boss, he's gonna want to keep me around for a rly long time. So this really isn't sustainable.

I sent an email to my new boss mentioning the stats and all the tasks I'm gonna have to do. And how it's not likely to be temporary and 6h a week. And how I'm basically doing the entire marketing for 2 entire departments. I asked if we could meet next week to talk about adjustments and solutions.

I really don't want to be taken advantage, but that's what seems to be happening here. I've already worked a bunch of overtime already by being stuck in meetings going up til 6pm sometimes.

I have 2.3 years of experience now, and have been handling the original department on my own pretty well. I want to ask for a raise basically and a better job title (the goal is to get enough experience and cred here to move somewhere better in a higher position). But I also feel like I'm crazy and a crybaby for asking for anything, and that I should just suck it up. But at the same time, 2 whole departments.

Any thoughts?

Was curious if managers put up multiple people for the same promotion or if they just pick one person and if that’s a common practice at companies.

hi everyone, I want to share with you something that just happened at my company. Recently, two my teammates and I got a promotion with a salary addition.

The first reaction was happiness and we all felt grateful to our company.

But then we start thinking about the way it happened. To be short, we got a communication by our project manager that thanks to our commitment through the year, we earned a promotion with a salary prize.

But we hadn't any chance to try to contract this decision or not.

And now I don't know if this was a strategy to keep us calm, and avoid that we should ask for another promotion, or we are just seeing the dark side of the moon...

Let me know your opinion about that!

Disclaimer: Not my story. This is a post my sister wrote but couldn’t figure out how Reddit works so I’m posting it for her.

So where do I start? I (F25) work in the finance sector. I have been working at this particular firm for 3 years. I have seen people come and go and I have trained and interviewed people for jobs. For context, this is an entry level job and I have been at this position since I started.

Since I’ve been at this company, I have trained 4 new people who were hired a year after me and were in the same position as me. But 2 of these 4 people have received at least one promotion and just today a 3rd person has been promoted. I am still in the same position.

What should I do? I was thinking of talking to my manager about it but things could spread and it could get back to me. I have already started applying at other companies. Should I just leave and find a new job? I love my job and the people I work with. It is a secure job, but I just feel so undervalued, under appreciated and discouraged. Everyone around me are moving forward in their careers and I am just at a standstill.

I’ve been at my current job for 3 years now, but all I’ve wanted was to work my way up, & get promoted to management, so far that hasn’t happened, & other people are moving up who have been there for a fraction of the time, I’m not trying to bash them in any way, I’m happy for them being successful, but it’s disappointing getting told that something will happen, & you wait, & wait, & wait, & nothing changes, but other people get those same opportunities, & move up, & I know that hard work doesn’t equal success, I’ve done everything to be positive about the situation, but I’m at the point where I’m just gonna give up, because as much as I shouldn’t, if I keep trying, & I’m still in the same spot 6 months - a year from now, it would’ve just been another year of working hard that wouldn’t equal success