Anyone else getting “promoted” to senior titles without senior pay?
Got bumped to Senior Marketing Manager at $78K. Market rate? $95-110K. My agency hands out “Senior” and “Lead” titles instead of raises.
Friend just started as Marketing Manager (no “Senior”) at a tech company—$102K base.
Are fancy titles the new raise? What’s your title vs. salary gap?

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Some places keep titles in the same closet with all the other swag. There are branded frisbees and desk calendars and oh, here's a box of senior titles to hand out. Seriously, sometimes it's just that different industries do pay better, and low-paying organizations try to ameliorate things by bestowing a nice title instead of cash.

‘Ameliorate’. Good word.
I can see why you’re a copywriter and I’m not.

I have a less fancier title but better pay. I guess it’s the lesser of two evils but yeah I’m seeing big gaps in title vs pay in recent postings

I think a lot of companies are feeling very financially conservative right now and aren't wanting to give out money. They think they can breadcrumb us with titles and promises for future raises. And sadly, it works a lot of the time.

I’ve seen a few promotions to ‘senior manager’ vs ‘director’ recently for some really awesome people in my company. Managers and senior managers have different pay bands but the same target bonus and RSU package. So I’ll say yes.

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