TLDR: I was promoted with a new title, more work and no additional compensation other than the COLA we all receive yrly.
I have been at my job for 3 years. We work in gov. and over the course of a year my boss promised me a pay increase since the volume of my work went up and I was taking on additional duties. My boss told me earlier this yr that everything had been approved but I still saw no increase. He reaches out to HR and in our system I finally see my title changes and my pay grade increases but the only money I see is the the 3 percent COLA given to all employees. (nothing substantive).
My boss forwards me all of the emails from HR in which they are saying they are going to call me about my position and my “offer,”
Well lo and behold HR finally fucking called me and basically my title did change, duties did increase but I did not get a raise other than the 3 percent we all got across the fucking board. I was livid. HR said they were going to “maintain” my salary.
HR tried to spin it by saying because we decreased your duty days from 260 to 226 we “increased” your hourly rate so you would not “lose” money but ultimately it is a friggin wash.
My boss set up a mtg with HR asking to increase my days but his boss told him I cannot go back to an increased schedule. My boss also tried to get me to go to another meeting with HR so they could explain but it all seems to be a bunch of bullshit. I feel like such a fool bc I thought because my boss was emailing and HR said they were going to make an offer that they would be true to their word.
I have been super demotivated