Questions tagged [demotion]
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I got promoted then the person I was replacing changed their mind and I got put back in my regular position [closed]
I got promoted with a raise. The person I was replacing had put in their two week notice but then decided not to leave and I was put back in my regular position with less of an raise. I'm real salty ...
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Is it common to demote a new employee due to low salary?
Recently, I was interviewed for a senior position in a well-known company. The interview process was smooth and pleasant but challenging from the technical perspective. In the end, I received an offer ...
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Is this management reorg a demotion?
Yesterday in my regularly scheduled "one on one" meeting with my manager I was ambushed not only by my manager but his manager (a member of the executive team) and an human resources person. ...
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I think I've received an unofficial demotion, how should I raise my concerns?
I'm a senior software engineer that has been working in a small/mid-size company for 3 years. Recently, my team of around 20 people was restructured. This lead to my co-worker (the only person on the ...
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How do I ask for a demotion?
I’m in a management role at a mid-sized company and hate it. My first three years at the company I held a “project manager” role, which I really enjoyed. Nearly two years ago I was promoted to the ...
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How can I avoid an undeserved demotion
So. I've been working for this company for almost a decade. During these years I've been doing all sorts of tasks, basically helping where help was needed. As a result, I now have skills in various ...
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Demoted, how to handle?
In Aug. 2019, I was demoted from Administrative Assistant to Secretary (I kept my pay), I wasn't a "good fit". I've never had a bad review in 15 years, not a blemish on my record, quite the ...
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Refusal of compensation raise / demotion? [closed]
Is there an HR perspective I could ask for by refusing a raise or again requesting a demotion?
I was just informed I am being awarded a raise of several thousand dollars. This came as quite a shock as ...
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How to navigate requesting a department transfer with pay decrease through upper management?
This spring I took a position in a new department at my job that came with some specific perks and significantly higher expectations relating to crunch time. Shortly after joining the department, ...
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After company restructuring. how could I assert the type of role I want without risking redundancy?
Question: I have already made it clear verbally what I want in my career and asked to speak
in a few weeks' time to discuss this. Apart from job hunting elsewhere, is there anything else I can do?
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Can my employer fire me for notifying them of my unpaid overtime hours?
New boss and department structure at work, they passed me over for promotion and unofficially demoted me by creating new positions above me, taking responsibilities away and pushing me down further ...
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Demoted through no fault of my own. Required to pay company if I leave. Advice? [closed]
I recently took a new management position at a company and up until this week everything was going smoothly. My team was doing well and my manager was happy with my performance and in fact even gave ...
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Is accepting an offer from my previous organization for a lower role than that of my previous one a good choice? [closed]
It has been 5 months since I have joined this company as a data manager, however, within this small duration, there have been many ups and downs. Listing a few
In some of our reports, the figures ...
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How to deal with an employee who is requesting a demotion?
It's quite normal for an employee to request a promotion. However, I got an employee who is requesting to be demoted!
At first, I thought she is trying to send a message by that action. After a ...
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Co-worker is now managing my team. Does this mean that I'm being demoted?
I work in a mid-size startup (~150 people) in the US. I am a software engineer. My company is doing well, so we're growing rapidly.
I'm in a ~15-member engineering team, writing software for the ...
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