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This has become a pretty prickly issue that I’ve seen in mergers where one company has title inflation and the other doesn’t. What’s perverse is that while hav
by balderdash 4y ago
This has become a pretty prickly issue that I’ve seen in mergers where one company has title inflation and the other doesn’t.
What’s perverse is that while having an inflated title may be a benefit with regards to external lateral employment, it’s a huge detriment to internal advancement as employees with inflated titles aren’t qualified for roles their title might imply, but aren’t considered for what could actually be career advancing roles as they’re considered too “senior” on a title basis
- calmlynarczyk 4y agoOne of the pieces of advice I received from the founder of a startup I once worked for is that you don't give out C-level titles at a young company other than what is legally required (i.e. a CEO). The reason is that when you likely get acquired there isn't a massive shock for those C-level employees since they're almost certainly not getting a C-suite position at the acquiring organization. Instead, all of the startup execs had VP titles. When we got acquired by a large corporation, many of them went down to Senior Manager titles, a few being able to get Director titles. I suppose a cynic might argue this is actually about the ego of the startup CEO, but after seeing it in action I believe it was good advice and have used it in my own startup.