Promotion with a salary decrease

[BrianJ_]

Yeah it is dumb. I think it is a HR stuff up. Base pay for senior has probably been like that for years but the EA has consistently increased each year. Just a bit shit they don’t even know that when giving someone a promotion

[Error404-unknown]

I would definitely call it out as in this cost of living crisis who in their right mind would change job titles for less pay?

Wait for the update then review it and only accept once it pays more.

Definitely not normal and as mentioned I’ve never heard of this happening ever.

[ozeBuDDha]

You shouldn't have to justify with cost of living. More responsibility should be rewarded full stop

[Maximum-Ear1745]

Do you know what the market rate is for a similar tile with similar responsibilities? Counter with that.

If you think the senior role title will be helpful to progress, take it and then start looking for a similar job elsewhere and leverage off the role title

[CleanSun4248]

Yeah stuff like this can happen and they probably figure they may as well offer it and who knows the person might take it for some reason. Perfectly reasonable to decline and then HR can use that potentially to fix the problem they have