Started a job at the coordinator level, realized three months in that the job that they were expecting performance at a manager level. I bring this up to my supervisor and they say that I am on a fast track for a promotion to the manager position. I feel surprised and happy that they basically read my mind. Two months later I make the formal request for the promotion. Manager says they will start the process.
I asked a couple times about the process, they gave me a couple updates. After two months there's no progress. I get told that I will have to wait a year to get the promotion due to internal policies. That week I get hit up by a recruiter on LinkedIn which offers me the promotion level position, fully remote and double pay. I go through the interview process and get the job. Manager says that I'm flaking on the position and should have been asking her about the promotion every week in our 1 on 1 meeting.
If I'm doing the work, why make me beg for a promotion? Why should I have to work a year doing the work of a manager without getting paid as such before getting promoted? If you know that I deserve the promotion because of the work I'm doing, why do I have to push you to make it happen? Very glad to be going to an environment that is rewarding the work I've done and value I've put into making myself a success thus far. A worker should never be made to beg.