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Dry promotions: Definition, considerations, and guidelines for employers

BMT Office Administration

Getting a promotion is an exciting event for employees. However, some of that excitement is probably due to the pay raise that they expect will come with the promotion. But sometimes employers offer promotions without an increase in pay, a growing phenomenon called dry promotions. What is a dry promotion?

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3 Awkward Money Conversations in the Workplace and How to Navigate Them

Success

For example, if someone wants you to chip in for a wedding gift for Susan from the accounting department, you can explain that you only contribute to gifts for people on your team. 2: Lack of salary transparency You’re applying for a new role and the application asks you to list your salary requirements. Money issue No.

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Hitting the salary cap

Practically Perfect PA

Everyone was placed in a salary band depending on their experience and their skills. Except support staff who were placed in lower salary bands or slotted in somewhere that sort of fitted what they did. I was placed in a low (not rock bottom but not particularly high) salary band with other assistants and admin type people.

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Why Talking about Money at Work is Dangerous

Eat Your Career

Some career advisors suggest that we should all share our salary details with one another to help promote pay equity. I don’t think we should openly discuss salary at work. There are many, many things that influence salary decisions. The circumstances may cause salary discrepancies that are justified.

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How to Ask for More Money (and Get It)

Success

I won’t say those factors have no influence, but they’re neither limitations nor absolutes in dictating your salary. Teenage millionaire founders, college dropouts with six-figure salaries and company newcomers who bypass the corporate ladder and leap to leadership positions are all evidence of that.

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7 Lies Women Have Been Told at Work That Hold Them Back From Success—And the Truth They Need to Know Instead

Success

THE TRUTH “Working women are beautiful examples of being able to do both. When children see their mother finding joy and succeeding in her work, they are happy and have a strong example of ambition and success.” THE LIE #6 If you speak up or advocate for yourself, it will be seen as self-promoting.

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The significance of women’s health is increasingly acknowledged in the modern workplace

Workplace Insight

Issues such as the “maternity penalty” and a lack of support for women’s health issues contribute to a gap in pay, promotion, and overall workplace equality. For example, a recent survey of companies in the UK found that 47 percent have no supportive policies for employees struggling with fertility ( FertilityFamily , 2023).

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