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    Employee is told that the promotion she applied for is being dissolved, she gets given the role's responsibilities anyway with no extra pay: 'There’s a pretty significant pay gap between the dissolved role and my current role'

    A promising internal promotion turns into confusion when the role is dissolved, and an employee finds that the role's responsibilities are trickling down to her without compensation.

    We all know this feeling: Your boss is finally moving on to another job or has received a promotion of their own. This means that the position that they were hanging onto like a bad habit is finally open. That, or some other position that is a lateral move with more growth opportunity and surprisingly better pay, has opened up on another team.

    There has been no chance for growth or career advancement in your current position for years. You'd been feeling a little stressed and burned out, but this, this is enough to perk your motivation, and you can practically feel yourself sitting up straighter at your desk.

    But you wait, and you wait, and you enquire about the position. Still, it hasn't been listed. First, you're told "soon," then you're told that there is a hiring freeze and they are waiting to fill the role, then the position is now being "restructured."

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    • Position was vacated, I applied internally. Was told the position was being dissolved for now and was then given the role’s responsibilities.

      Without getting into too much detail, I work remotely in healthcare. A position with more responsibility and higher pay was recently vacated and the job posting was online for a couple of days before I saw it. I have only been working here for 6 months at this point, but I have been getting consistent praise for being efficient and findings way to be more productive. I have even been praised by the healthcare providers on the rare days I was in clinic.
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    • Meanwhile, the team that was in that vacant role was scrambling, frantic, and overworked. They're practically begging you to come and help them with their work since you are, technically, the most qualified person in the organization to do that work. Still, eventually, you're told that the position is being dissolved altogether. 

      Then the worst happens, the responsibilities of that “dissolved” role suddenly become your responsibilities, you're expected and trusted to do the work, but you're not going to be given the title… or the pay.

      This experience is all too common, and increasingly so. As trends everywhere point to employers looking to reduce their bottom line by cutting down on staff wherever possible.

      And this is exactly what this worker experienced in a series of events that left her bewildered in a job that she had been in for 6 months. The silver lining, if there is one to be had here, is that she had only been in her current role for 6 months. This happens to some people after years of working at the same company, with their loyalty not being repaid in kind.

    • I then applied internally through my manager and was told I would be a great fit for the position and she reiterated that my length of working at the company shouldn't matter. At our next meeting, the director of my sector alluded to supporting my application (without revealing my identity).
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    • About a week later, my manager talks to me and says the position is being dissolved for 1-2 months and is undergoing restructuring, to provide clearer responsibilities and tasks. I say no problem, I understand and I appreciate that they had even considered my application. The following day, I am given the dissolved position's tasks with no change in pay or title. It's not that I am unhappy with the additional responsibilities (my previous role did get kind of repetitive), it's just that there's
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    • Should I just take it as a test that I have been given these responsibilities? Or should I be asking for more? Not really sure what to do, i'm quite new to working. I don't know if I should be bothered by this change. Thanks for reading!
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    • Trraumatized I would try to talk to either manager and ask something along the lines of "is the fact that I am given this roles tasks and responsibilities to be taken as confirmation that, given good performance, I will receive the position after it is restructured in 2 months and will then receive the appropriate title and compensation?" and then go from there.
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    • Hello_Mist I would talk to your managers but be very diplomatic. I would suggest taking on the new responsibilities and impressing them. Later, if the promotion doesn't pan out, look elsewhere. It wouldn't hurt to start getting research done for your next move.
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    • Appropriate-Sir-3264 sounds like they're testing how u handle the extra responsibilities without paying more, it's normal to feel unsure, especially being new i'd probably keep doing it for now, document ur work, and then bring it up later when u have results to show like "i've taken on these extra tasks, here's what i accomplished, can we revisit pay/title?" doesn't hurt to ask politely, but timing matters
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    • MrHodgeToo Sadly, they are informing you that exploiting employees not valuing them is their MO. Do the job for a bit, get the experience so as to better sell yourself to your next company.
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