Hi All,
I work for a fairly established consulting firm and was "recently" promoted in November as part of the latest 6 month review cycle (pretty standard process at consulting firms, you have reviews every 6 months and its decided at that point if you are promoted or not). I was told to expect a salary increase in December after that promotion (nothing official, just verbally by a manager). Hadn't heard anything the week before our monthly paycheck so reached out to HR to ask and told it was not going to be included in that paycheck, kinda bullshit but whatever. After my salary increase was not included in January I went to a manager, who directed me to HR. I was told by HR they forgot to email me (insane) but that they brought in an outside firm to review salaries in December (they know exactly when promotions will happen, so no clue why'd they wouldn't do this before) and that I won't know what my increase in salary would be until March. So i would remain at the same salary until then. They said once the new salaries are announced it would be backdated to January. Besides the general horrible communication, i feel like that is honestly one of the most ridiculous things i've ever heard. "Work for the next 2 or so months at a salary we will determine later". There is no guarantee it'll be what I think it is and my expectation is that it should be a sizable increase (potentially 25/30K) based upon the projects i've completed and feedback received.
And yes, i know Reddit quickly goes to the "leave the company" and "the company is always wrong" type answers (not that they arent) but i've been able to assume a lot of responsibility, gain a significant amount of experience and am (seemingly, but who knows) poised to quickly advance my career. I have started interviewing and it seems like i shouldn't have an issue moving companies, but I feel like I will have to regain the trust and responsibility i've been given in my current position so it will be a slight setback.
I have a meeting set up to discuss this with HR/ a department lead and more so am looking to get some thoughts on if others have ever been in a similar situation and its more typical that i am thinking. Or if this is batshit and the company might potentially not be able to pay salaries and Im right to be as pissed as i currently am
Submitted January 27, 2021 at 07:35PM by No-Motor-139 https://ift.tt/3agkI9c
