Joined a new team (internal move within the same department). They didn’t give me a contract right away.
The job I am doing is much more demanding and requires a lot more skill than my previous role (product manager). I am frequently expected to work outside 9-5 because we work with global teams.
I kept asking for a new title and salary to reflect my current position (they took no initiative, I kept having to follow up and push it along). It was 8 months until they gave me paperwork. The salary was much less than I expected (just a little more than I was on).
The JD was missing key responsibilities of the role. Not just like “sometimes I get asked to go to the mailroom”. But product training and product testing – did not appear in the JD at all and I do testing every day (we are such a small team) and conduct trainings and demos often. Nobody else in the team does these things (besides my boss).
The response was basically “these things are implied by the title of the position” and “you are getting hung up on verbiage”. My response was, how could the compensation team provide an accurate salary range if my primary responsibilities are not included?
They asked my salary expectation, badgering me to provide a number, then laughed in my face when I gave it to them (it was about 15% more than the offer, still the lower end of market value).
They said “it won’t make a difference” adding these things to the JD. I was confused — why ask for a number when you aren’t willing to negotiate?
I didn’t push further for fear of looking too problematic and ended up signing.
AITA?
Context: big tech company in the US.