On: Meta Tells Managers Promotions Will Be Few and Far...

[meindnoch]

I don't really care about promotions. I care about my comp steadily increasing. In fact, I prefer getting a raise without being promoted.

[Xenoamorphous → meindnoch]

I guess it varies from person to person. But in general, comp is a "secret", but a job title is very public.

I'm a 20 year long career IC in some southern European country with salaries for that kind of worker are not that great. But I work for a London-based company and my salary is great even by London standards (but still low for US standards, or at least SF standards). To my contacts in LinkedIn I'm a failure, I'm sure. They all have fancy titles by now. It kind of bothers me even if I know I make more than most of them.

[gardenhedge → Xenoamorphous]

Titles mean nothing. On LinkedIn everyone is a director of some sort. It's all nonsense.

[refurb → gardenhedge]

My former employer (not tech) was notorious for “under titling” roles compared to other companies.

What they called a senior manager would be a Director in another company.

I checked LinkedIn and they retitled everyone.

Now Directors are Senior Executive Directors and so on.

But otherwise the org chart was the same.

Ridiculous.

[throwawaymeta01 → meindnoch]

same.

m1 here, previously on track to m2, but I'm not bothered by this.

With ae + stock appreciation I'm getting m2+ pay so can't really complain.