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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Same thing different taste

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

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PrinceDarko 13

I believe that's called a demotion

jazzy_123 20

plus, you don't want to leave a job on a bad foot 'cause you know, karma and stuff.

jkp1291 25

Did you get better benefits? That's usually the reason your pay goes down after a promotion.

If a 'promotion' pays less than the position you already and you were forced to accept it it's a demotion with no just cause and it's within your right to contest it, even after accepting it.

Mmmm, no one can force me to do anything I do not want to do, else LAWYER. I was surprised to see "New York" as the location and not somewhere like the middle-east where you have 0 rights as a human and people can actually force you into anything

That's how my moms ex manager was. He was a nice guy but not a very good manager so they had to move him after one too many problems so he got semidemoted