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Junior developer denied salary increase despite promotion

🧭 worksocial problemSingle report ●●●●● severity 3/5

A junior software developer reports being promoted to a mid-level title without a base salary increase, despite performing at that level for a year and being paid below market rates.

Who's affected: A junior software developer

⚠️ Single report. This is one person's account. We mark it so until more voices confirm it.

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Ideas a builder, maker or community group could start on:

  1. A negotiation template specifically for 'dry promotions' that helps employees document performance metrics to justify retroactive pay adjustments.
  2. A salary benchmarking tool that allows employees to anonymously report total compensation packages including bonus structures to identify market gaps.
  3. A career coaching service focused on helping employees build a 'leverage portfolio' to negotiate compensation when local job market options are limited.
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Real voices

“I have been granted the title correction... and a 0% base salary increase (since I got a 5% raise last year already )”

Source: Stack Exchange (workplace) · CC BY-SA 4.0, user-contributed content from Stack Exchange; summarized and modified

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