My boss was let go yesterday afternoon
I got called into a meeting with the COO yesterday saying that they let my boss go. My boss was director level but our team did not have a manager.
I was then told that they want me to be the new leader of our team. Right now I’m going to be reporting into another person who was at the same level as my boss, but had nothing to do with my team really.
It was told to me I unfortunately can’t have a pay raise just yet and they want to see how I do in this role. They want to help me “grow into it”.
I’m supposed to meet with HR and my boss’s boss who’s the CIO today. What do I do to protect myself?
They said they will give me the title change and money after I’m comfortable and they’re comfortable. I just need advice on how I protect myself and ensure that this isn’t open ended. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Netizens’ comments
- It sounds great in theory, but as someone’s who’s been through the ‘we’ll give you the title and pay rise later, we promise’, situation before, they’ll be saying it while having their fingers crossed behind their back.
I’d suggest getting it in writing and if they’re not willing to do so, then you’re not willing to do additional work for free. - >They said they will give me the title change and money after I’m comfortable and they’re comfortable.
So that would be “never”, then? Because there’s no metric to measure “comfortable”. This is literally a ‘trust me, bro’ moment.
I would decline this invitation to do your bosses job (and I will BET at least some of our existing job as well) for your existing salary as gracefully as you think appropriate. - Smells like BS, I would tell them I don’t feel comfortable accepting more responsibility without being fairly compensated for my labor.