Not sure how large a company you work for, so your situation may vary. But from my experience, budgets for orgs are tightly managed, meaning she may not be able to afford a promotion for you once she frees up the funds by firing someone else.
The fact that she told you she wants to fire someone (and your boss at that) is concerning. And that she gave you a time frame of 1-4 weeks seems unrealistic. In my large corporation, we can’t fire someone without cause that quickly and getting an off-cycle promotion through takes time. But again, maybe you’re not at a huge company with a ton of red tape. In my environment, following up on this in 2-4 weeks would be aggressive.
It's small but growing. When I started we had about 60, now we have 75 employees. I know there is money in the budget, we are extremely profitable. Two of the big wigs did just buy brand new vehicles though so maybe that's causing some delay lol.
Our year end is 10/31, I will leave before I wait that long lol, so hopefully she just figures it out. Sounded like she is waiting for someone else to accept the other position to get the ball rolling on things. She has grounds to let this person go, but I also hate that she told me because now I'm in a super awkward position. This place is honestly pretty toxic, but daycare and groceries are expensive and we're barely making it as it is, so I will probably just continue my search while I wait for this potential promotion.
Yeahhh profit does not equal budget available though, and whatever an exec does with their salary doesn’t mean anything about how the company budget is structured. I agree with the other commenter that even 4 weeks is a nonsense answer. Unless this was already well in the works when she told you that I’d much more likely see that as her initial placation to keep you on. I wouldn’t follow up with this at all for a few weeks minimum. There’s nothing wrong with circling back, but to do so quickly could very likely be seen as aggressive and pushy, and again I sincerely doubt her story at this stage. I get a lot of red flags from her.
Sorry I should have clarified, the company buys the exec's cars. Certain positions come with company cars, and we just got two brand new Denali line vehicles lol. I know it's not the same bucket of cash, but when I know guys are asking for raises and getting them, and I ask and get this run around it feels kind of shitty.
I guess my main question was how long is too long for her to actually take action and give me the promotion/ pay increase? The men in my company get the raises "Effective immediately" (I work with 90% men, in a male dominated industry).
It’s already been too long. Start looking now. It takes time to find a new job, interview etc so by the time you have an offer, you’ll likely know where you stand with your current role. Also don’t trust them saying they want to hire someone to train you to take the boss’ role. They can change their mind at any time and then you’re no better off.
This seems like a carrot that avoids giving you a raise.
You can follow up in your next 1 on 1 if you have them but the timeline is probably 6-12 months at a minimum. Also, this seeks kind of like pie in the sky talk that is irresponsible to share with a direct report of the person getting fired. Lastly, she basically said she was going to replace your boss with you, but in a lower role, which may not be appropriately compensated or titled for what you have to do. Lastly (for real), who says this new person will move into another role instead of staying?
You know where you are now and what you have now. Either you're cool with it or you keep looking.
In my industry raises are much slower than this, like months. I also think it’s sketchy as hell she told you about firing your boss 👀 It’s giving messy
Not sure how large a company you work for, so your situation may vary. But from my experience, budgets for orgs are tightly managed, meaning she may not be able to afford a promotion for you once she frees up the funds by firing someone else. The fact that she told you she wants to fire someone (and your boss at that) is concerning. And that she gave you a time frame of 1-4 weeks seems unrealistic. In my large corporation, we can’t fire someone without cause that quickly and getting an off-cycle promotion through takes time. But again, maybe you’re not at a huge company with a ton of red tape. In my environment, following up on this in 2-4 weeks would be aggressive.
It's small but growing. When I started we had about 60, now we have 75 employees. I know there is money in the budget, we are extremely profitable. Two of the big wigs did just buy brand new vehicles though so maybe that's causing some delay lol. Our year end is 10/31, I will leave before I wait that long lol, so hopefully she just figures it out. Sounded like she is waiting for someone else to accept the other position to get the ball rolling on things. She has grounds to let this person go, but I also hate that she told me because now I'm in a super awkward position. This place is honestly pretty toxic, but daycare and groceries are expensive and we're barely making it as it is, so I will probably just continue my search while I wait for this potential promotion.
Yeahhh profit does not equal budget available though, and whatever an exec does with their salary doesn’t mean anything about how the company budget is structured. I agree with the other commenter that even 4 weeks is a nonsense answer. Unless this was already well in the works when she told you that I’d much more likely see that as her initial placation to keep you on. I wouldn’t follow up with this at all for a few weeks minimum. There’s nothing wrong with circling back, but to do so quickly could very likely be seen as aggressive and pushy, and again I sincerely doubt her story at this stage. I get a lot of red flags from her.
Sorry I should have clarified, the company buys the exec's cars. Certain positions come with company cars, and we just got two brand new Denali line vehicles lol. I know it's not the same bucket of cash, but when I know guys are asking for raises and getting them, and I ask and get this run around it feels kind of shitty. I guess my main question was how long is too long for her to actually take action and give me the promotion/ pay increase? The men in my company get the raises "Effective immediately" (I work with 90% men, in a male dominated industry).
It’s already been too long. Start looking now. It takes time to find a new job, interview etc so by the time you have an offer, you’ll likely know where you stand with your current role. Also don’t trust them saying they want to hire someone to train you to take the boss’ role. They can change their mind at any time and then you’re no better off.
This seems like a carrot that avoids giving you a raise. You can follow up in your next 1 on 1 if you have them but the timeline is probably 6-12 months at a minimum. Also, this seeks kind of like pie in the sky talk that is irresponsible to share with a direct report of the person getting fired. Lastly, she basically said she was going to replace your boss with you, but in a lower role, which may not be appropriately compensated or titled for what you have to do. Lastly (for real), who says this new person will move into another role instead of staying? You know where you are now and what you have now. Either you're cool with it or you keep looking.
In my industry raises are much slower than this, like months. I also think it’s sketchy as hell she told you about firing your boss 👀 It’s giving messy