How to follow up on a promised raise, if at all?
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I took an internal position a year-and-a-half ago that has changed immensely in scope and far more demanding in technical skill over time. The salary I accepted was OK for the role I took, but is now easily at least $15-$20k below market. Moreover, I’ve been repeatedly recognized for being a particularly high potential high performer, inside and outside of my team.
I raised the issue of a salary increase to my usually even-keeled manager, who immediately became visibly uncomfortable. He readily agreed I was underpaid, relative to the market and also relative to my performance, but wasn’t sure if he could get a raise.
He came back two weeks later with a no. He told me the department was committed to raising salaries for everyone this year because we're under market in general for tech, and I would be one of the first salaries addressed. However, he couldn’t give me a timeline or even a guarantee it would happen before December. He asked me to let him know if waiting became untenable, stressing they really wanted to keep me at the company and could work to find me a position outside of the department (where, I guess, the salary would be better).
Out of the blue a few weeks later, he let me know a raise of 10-15% had been approved by the head of the department. It was definitely happening--just needed to be approved by finance, who would let us know the exact number in that range. Great! And then… radio silence in the 5 weeks since. I’ve asked for a status update several times, and as of two weeks ago, it was “finance is taking longer than expected.”
Is such a long wait typical, or is it reasonable to begin feeling a little jerked around? If the latter, is it appropriate to stop asking for status and simply ask point blank if it’s actually happening and that I'd like a hard date? Or do I just have to quietly wait (or leave)?
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I took an internal position a year-and-a-half ago that has changed immensely in scope and far more demanding in technical skill over time. The salary I accepted was OK for the role I took, but is now easily at least $15-$20k below market. Moreover, I’ve been repeatedly recognized for being a particularly high potential high performer, inside and outside of my team.
I raised the issue of a salary increase to my usually even-keeled manager, who immediately became visibly uncomfortable. He readily agreed I was underpaid, relative to the market and also relative to my performance, but wasn’t sure if he could get a raise.
He came back two weeks later with a no. He told me the department was committed to raising salaries for everyone this year because we're under market in general for tech, and I would be one of the first salaries addressed. However, he couldn’t give me a timeline or even a guarantee it would happen before December. He asked me to let him know if waiting became untenable, stressing they really wanted to keep me at the company and could work to find me a position outside of the department (where, I guess, the salary would be better).
Out of the blue a few weeks later, he let me know a raise of 10-15% had been approved by the head of the department. It was definitely happening--just needed to be approved by finance, who would let us know the exact number in that range. Great! And then… radio silence in the 5 weeks since. I’ve asked for a status update several times, and as of two weeks ago, it was “finance is taking longer than expected.”
Is such a long wait typical, or is it reasonable to begin feeling a little jerked around? If the latter, is it appropriate to stop asking for status and simply ask point blank if it’s actually happening and that I'd like a hard date? Or do I just have to quietly wait (or leave)?
salary raise
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I took an internal position a year-and-a-half ago that has changed immensely in scope and far more demanding in technical skill over time. The salary I accepted was OK for the role I took, but is now easily at least $15-$20k below market. Moreover, I’ve been repeatedly recognized for being a particularly high potential high performer, inside and outside of my team.
I raised the issue of a salary increase to my usually even-keeled manager, who immediately became visibly uncomfortable. He readily agreed I was underpaid, relative to the market and also relative to my performance, but wasn’t sure if he could get a raise.
He came back two weeks later with a no. He told me the department was committed to raising salaries for everyone this year because we're under market in general for tech, and I would be one of the first salaries addressed. However, he couldn’t give me a timeline or even a guarantee it would happen before December. He asked me to let him know if waiting became untenable, stressing they really wanted to keep me at the company and could work to find me a position outside of the department (where, I guess, the salary would be better).
Out of the blue a few weeks later, he let me know a raise of 10-15% had been approved by the head of the department. It was definitely happening--just needed to be approved by finance, who would let us know the exact number in that range. Great! And then… radio silence in the 5 weeks since. I’ve asked for a status update several times, and as of two weeks ago, it was “finance is taking longer than expected.”
Is such a long wait typical, or is it reasonable to begin feeling a little jerked around? If the latter, is it appropriate to stop asking for status and simply ask point blank if it’s actually happening and that I'd like a hard date? Or do I just have to quietly wait (or leave)?
salary raise
asked 5 mins ago
kodachromekodachrome
271
I took an internal position a year-and-a-half ago that has changed immensely in scope and far more demanding in technical skill over time. The salary I accepted was OK for the role I took, but is now easily at least $15-$20k below market. Moreover, I’ve been repeatedly recognized for being a particularly high potential high performer, inside and outside of my team.
I raised the issue of a salary increase to my usually even-keeled manager, who immediately became visibly uncomfortable. He readily agreed I was underpaid, relative to the market and also relative to my performance, but wasn’t sure if he could get a raise.
He came back two weeks later with a no. He told me the department was committed to raising salaries for everyone this year because we're under market in general for tech, and I would be one of the first salaries addressed. However, he couldn’t give me a timeline or even a guarantee it would happen before December. He asked me to let him know if waiting became untenable, stressing they really wanted to keep me at the company and could work to find me a position outside of the department (where, I guess, the salary would be better).
Out of the blue a few weeks later, he let me know a raise of 10-15% had been approved by the head of the department. It was definitely happening--just needed to be approved by finance, who would let us know the exact number in that range. Great! And then… radio silence in the 5 weeks since. I’ve asked for a status update several times, and as of two weeks ago, it was “finance is taking longer than expected.”
Is such a long wait typical, or is it reasonable to begin feeling a little jerked around? If the latter, is it appropriate to stop asking for status and simply ask point blank if it’s actually happening and that I'd like a hard date? Or do I just have to quietly wait (or leave)?
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