By Anonymous - 04/04/2015 12:42 - United States - Clifton Park

Today, I was forced into accepting a "promotion" for a position that pays less than what I get right now. FML
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PurpleMyth 28

How do you get forced into that? That's just wrong

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PurpleMyth 28

How do you get forced into that? That's just wrong

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Novadi 22

I'm gonna take a wild guess and assume OP's boss gave him/her either the choice of accepting the "promotion" or being fired, which is a terrible thing to do.

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martin8337 35

Unfortunately, not in 21st century economics.

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iAlissa 34

Yeah. Next OP will get charged for loitering, breathing and living.

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FrontRowSquad 8

#26 "I don't pay you to breathe. Breathe on your own time"

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NathanSchmitz123 3

I swear dude, I'm watching SpongeBob right now.

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Desi_D123 27

Sounds like it's time to get a new job, OP.

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Gillett 23

#5 God Daaaaaaaaaaamn you are gorgeous! Oh wait, yeah OP, sounds like you need to start searching for a new job son!

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iwanttogotoparis 26

That's not a promotion, dumb ass bosses

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JazzHandsFML 28

it was probably intentional and he was trying to sugar coat it

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AnOriginalName 19

I would be alright with being a dental assistant if that were the case.

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tzemmy 25

Pretty sure that's called a demotion

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RedPillSucks 31

not necessarily.. you co yup ld get promoted from a position that pays for overtime into a position that doesn't. so that even though the new position has a higher base pay, you dont get payed for the hours you work past the company standard, so you fet less pay than you use to. happens all the time. the other thing companies do is to calculate benefits as part of your pay, so that you get more benefits than your prevoius position but less "take home"pay

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ironmany_fml 23

also, it could be variable component of the pay is increased

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irishmaiden78 23

Check and see if they can lower your wages because in a lot of states they cannot.

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engineerosaurus 26

That is not the case. Generally speaking, companies can cut your wages at any time, unless the cut would put you below minimum wage or your wage base was agreed as binding by the company. Most employment offers are not binding with respect to wages or even if you get to keep the job. It's called "at-will employment", and companies can cite any reason (including their own finances) for invoking it. The "due cause" or "just cause" rules many states have certainly don't prohibit wage cuts.

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jqmalang 17

What job gives a promotion that pays you less? never heard of that but damn, how is that a promotion in the first place.

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