If you were told you were getting a pay rise but...

[upupandgoaway]

Speaking on behalf of my friend who is unsure how to feel. So she started a new job about 15 mths ago. Place is disorganised. She has been told she's getting a promotion/ job change. She's delighted as she needs the money. Market rate for new job should
Be about 95- 130k she's currently on 85k. She's been doing new job since November kinda thrown into it and has been a little
Pissed that the salary has not been confirmed despite seeing the CEO twice in person ( who keeps saying about making the new role financially more attractive) but hasn't actually got round to discussing this! She's getting pissed off as she isn't really enjoying the job but bad time of year etc for job hunting and she doesn't want to keep hounding him when he should be well
Aware that she's keen to know her salary . Now I know some Mumsnetters would simply down tools and be all very brave and take no shite about being messed about but is there a way that she can delicately handle this without her employer getting oissed off?

Is this kinda thing normal in big companies?

She's really fed up but is putting on a brave face in work

I feel sorry for her but I don't know how to advise her as she keeps saying that I don't her situation and she can't be seen to look desperate!

Advise please?

If she doesn't want to hound him about salary then she should focus on competence/levels instead. Ask for a structured sit down conversation about the new role - what does it include? What might the job description look like? What responsibilities are in there? It'll give her an idea of whether he's thought the new role through properly, and once she's got answers to some of those questions she'll be in a better negotiating position on salary.

Thank you for your reply. She seem to suggest that its chaos and there's no structure and nobody really knows what's going on so I imagine one of these conversations would be ideal but unlikely to happen in real life due to CEO being very scatty and a bit shit

I think she's worried she's getting the piss taking out of her but has already brought the financials up 2/3 times to which she has been told "they are working through the budgets" but surly they have an idea

I've been in a similar situation previously. I acknowledged the processes that need to be worked through, and gave a date by when I expected it to be sorted. If not sorted by then, I'd step back into previous role or resign. Meant all parties were clear and well aware it wasn't an ongoing thing.

Some good advice here. I think it possibly needs to be put in writing too:

Other than than take a few mornings off and come into work in suit? 😊

And start looking for another role. She’s actually potentially selling herself short by £45k which is criminal. Why is she putting such a low value on herself by continuing to give her time for free to a bunch of chaotic chancers?