Job promotions should come with raises

Melanie Arougueti/ Staff Writer 

Many are being promoted without raises, and it’s wrong.

When being offered a promotion, one’s first instinct is to accept and then, of course, celebrate. One expects the bigger check at the end of the month. However, promotions without raises have been increasing in the workforce.

According to career reporter Courtney Connelly of CNBC, around 39 percent of HR managers say it’s common to get promoted without a raise.

This isn’t beneficial for those who get promoted, because money can be an issue. When someone gets promoted, they have gone higher up the work ladder and are now going to begin working substantially more.

One who gets promoted without an increase in their paychecks is simply doing a “big” job with previous job’s payment.

It just doesn’t make sense.

According to CNBC, one shouldn’t accept their promotion until they have gotten a full view of what that job entails. If it doesn’t come with a raise, does it come with other benefits? Such as days off or certain compensations.

Promotions are goals in the workforce, but they are only one’s objective because of the baggage it carries. If a promotion is a switch in jobs, one might one to look into whether or not they should or want to accept it.

If the job title is all that one really wants, then the raise might not be necessary. One might want to get promotion, because they crave more responsibility or they want to have a special name tag on their desk.

However, it is important that everyone in that position takes the time to really make an observation of what the job entails. Whether or not someone likes it with and without the raise they might have been expecting.

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