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Maybe promotion, maybe not raise?

When I joined the company I work for, I took a “lower” position in favor of better salary and benefits and non-toxic environment. A new Team Lead position opened recently and I told my boss that I’m interested. I have a few years experience in that field, plus a couple of years experience working for the company itself. I’m scheduled soon to have a call with my boss to discuss it, but I’m afraid they might offer me the position without the raise, or along the “let’s see how it fits and we’ll see about the raise” lines. I definitely don’t want more responsibilities for the same amount of money and I’m even ok staying at the same position in that case, but I wonder if anyone has any advice on how to handle the situation, if it comes to that. How to make my case that I deserve the…


When I joined the company I work for, I took a “lower” position in favor of better salary and benefits and non-toxic environment. A new Team Lead position opened recently and I told my boss that I’m interested. I have a few years experience in that field, plus a couple of years experience working for the company itself.
I’m scheduled soon to have a call with my boss to discuss it, but I’m afraid they might offer me the position without the raise, or along the “let’s see how it fits and we’ll see about the raise” lines.
I definitely don’t want more responsibilities for the same amount of money and I’m even ok staying at the same position in that case, but I wonder if anyone has any advice on how to handle the situation, if it comes to that.
How to make my case that I deserve the raise along with the promotion?

Thanks!

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