A few weeks ago my friend announced that he was getting a promotion. I was excited for him because he's a very hard working person and he has been loyal to the company that he's worked at for several years. It was an impressive new title and I know that his family could use the extra money.
Last weekend, however, he clarifies to me that the promotion is only a “title change” for now. His former boss quit and the company offered him the job after he interviewed for it. He's working 60+ hours a week to do his former boss's job and his job while they hire his replacement…and they haven't increased his pay yet. They supposedly still need to “work it in the budget”.
So I asked him how they don't have a budget for it since they were already paying his former boss a certain salary before he quit? Why can't they just pay him that instead?
His response was that “it's complicated” and they haven't given him a date for when his pay raise will take effect…I'm pretty certain they're just taking advantage of him.