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Just curious: are you able to refuse a promotion. Especially this kind of “promotion”? What happens then? Do you get fired because… reasons or do you just keep

Just curious: are you able to refuse a promotion. Especially this kind of “promotion”? What happens then? Do you get fired because… reasons or do you just keep your current job title etc?

astura 4y ago
If you're employed "at will" (and almost everyone in the US is) you can't refuse "promotions." From the company's perspective they are deciding to no longer employ you for position a, but they are simultaneously offering to employ you for position b. You can take it or leave it. Employment "at will" means either the employer or employee can end the relationship at any time for any reason or no reason at all.
- Merad 4y ago
  > If you're employed "at will" (and almost everyone in the US is) you can't refuse "promotions." From the company's perspective they are deciding to no longer employ you for position a, but they are simultaneously offering to employ you for position b. You can take it or leave it. That's not correct. Being employed at will means that you _can_ be let go for refusing a promotion (or just about any other reason) but it doesn't mean that automatically happens. There are plenty of companies that understand that some people reach a point where they don't care about climbing the ladder anymore and don't want to take on more responsibility.
  - jrs235 4y ago
    And failing to take a promotion probably isn't a "for cause" reason to deny unemployment insurance payments/claims.
shepardrtc 4y ago
No. My boss rewrote my job description to fit the new type of position and then my position was changed. He convinced me it was my path to promotion. I suppose that was true - I was promoted again. This time I was given a 1k raise, but I was taking on the additional duties of a manager that quit. So double the work for another 1k a year.

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Just curious: are you able to refuse a promotion. Especially this kind of “promotion”? What happens then? Do you get fired because… reasons or do you just keep

by ornornor 4y ago

Just curious: are you able to refuse a promotion. Especially this kind of “promotion”? What happens then? Do you get fired because… reasons or do you just keep your current job title etc?

astura 4y ago
If you're employed "at will" (and almost everyone in the US is) you can't refuse "promotions." From the company's perspective they are deciding to no longer employ you for position a, but they are simultaneously offering to employ you for position b. You can take it or leave it. Employment "at will" means either the employer or employee can end the relationship at any time for any reason or no reason at all.
- Merad 4y ago
  > If you're employed "at will" (and almost everyone in the US is) you can't refuse "promotions." From the company's perspective they are deciding to no longer employ you for position a, but they are simultaneously offering to employ you for position b. You can take it or leave it. That's not correct. Being employed at will means that you _can_ be let go for refusing a promotion (or just about any other reason) but it doesn't mean that automatically happens. There are plenty of companies that understand that some people reach a point where they don't care about climbing the ladder anymore and don't want to take on more responsibility.
  - jrs235 4y ago
    And failing to take a promotion probably isn't a "for cause" reason to deny unemployment insurance payments/claims.
shepardrtc 4y ago
No. My boss rewrote my job description to fit the new type of position and then my position was changed. He convinced me it was my path to promotion. I suppose that was true - I was promoted again. This time I was given a 1k raise, but I was taking on the additional duties of a manager that quit. So double the work for another 1k a year.