Timeline for Leaving a job that I just took based on false promise of a raise. What do I tell future interviewers?
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| Sep 20, 2019 at 13:03 | comment | added | davnicwil | @hyde please read my comment above, respectfully I'm not sure you're addressing the point I'm making. I'm not claiming the OP wasn't misled, they may well have been. I don't know, you don't know, the OP might think they know but then again, they may have just misinterpreted the likelihood of the raise based on what the interviewer said. The point is, it doesn't even matter, really. Getting what you think are promises written into the contract is the only way to solve this. It would have worked this time, it will work in future. It's something to learn from this situation! | |
| Sep 20, 2019 at 10:43 | comment | added | hyde | OP was led to think bonus and raise were solid possibilities, while they in fact were not even on the table, and shouldn't have been mentioned at all, or if mentioned then OP should have been told to not be disappointed when others get these but the OP won't. It does not matter what the exact words spoken during the interview were, they were said in order to make the OP choose this job, while they were untrue. There is no excuse which makes this not misleading. | |
| Sep 20, 2019 at 9:51 | comment | added | deep64blue | "expected to get a raise" is a long, long way from a guarantee. | |
| Sep 19, 2019 at 15:27 | comment | added | davnicwil | I respectfully disagree that it was obvious. How do you know? Again, it's just about interpretation. OP interpreted what was said as a promise. The interviewer may have not intended it to be a promise, more a possibility. The interviewer could have been at fault, communicating poorly. They could have been maliciously lying. It doesn't really matter. The point is, to clarify such important matters so there is no room for misinterpretation later, make sure they get written into the contract | |
| Sep 19, 2019 at 14:41 | comment | added | user3445853 | Obviously they were cheated. It was said they'd get a raise and they didn't. The bonus I wouldn't have believed as yearly bonus within 2weeks of work makes no sense. Not actionable without proof this was said. | |
| Sep 19, 2019 at 5:25 | comment | added | davnicwil | Not getting the bonus guaranteed is fine, as long as you're happy with the base salary. The bonus should be, literally, a bonus | |
| Sep 18, 2019 at 21:31 | comment | added | eckes | It’s however unlikely that you get a bonus guaranteed. However if it is company policy that you get no raise/bonus in the first two years that would really be malicious | |
| Sep 18, 2019 at 12:24 | comment | added | davnicwil | The naivety I'm talking about isn't about trust, it's about leaving things you need from the agreement open to (mis)interpretation by you or the other party rather than agreeing them clearly and unambiguously up front. Perhaps the interviewer meant expected as 51% chance, and OP took it as 99%. We don't know, not even the OP knows. The contract is the mechanism for clarifying expectations in a business relationship - use it! | |
| Sep 18, 2019 at 12:06 | comment | added | VGR | Others have already commented “next time get it in writing.” You can argue that the employer’s deception may not be actionable in court, but user109895 certainly was misled, even if it was done with weasel words. And I’m not sure assuming a company has a culture of trust and cooperation rather than backbiting is “naive.” | |
| Sep 18, 2019 at 12:02 | history | edited | davnicwil | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 18, 2019 at 11:16 | history | answered | davnicwil | CC BY-SA 4.0 |