I got passed up for promotion this year from SA->M because I was on the bench for 2 months. Leadership told me I’m a high performer and will get promoted next year. I have 6 YOE, scrum and salesforce certs and only make 105k at Kpmg. With my skill level and experience i feel like I should make more. What are the chances I could get hired as a M elsewhere? or should I wait to get promoted before jumping? I feel like I am way underpaid and am really frustrated after this promotion cycle.

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You could get it somewhere else. I did the same thing. It was a good decision but I think the better one would have been to wait a year since I’m likely to leave consulting in general

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Jump

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Start looking, if they denied you a promotion for being on the bench for 2 months then what's the guarantee they will not do the same next year? The way I see it they are getting a Manager at a SA pay for another year or longer.

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Since you specialize in salesforce I do not see you having trouble finding a good position.

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You can easily pull in at least 15k-25k more I think. To me, that’s a lot of money, so I say jump.

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A lot of firms won’t hire you up a level... honestly KPMG may be the only one that would and unfortunately you’re already there.

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JUMP! I’m in your same boat. Didn’t get my promo and got a strategy manager role in industry with a 25% pay bump and a sign on bonus. I’m not giving the firm another year, if they can’t recognize your talents, someone else will. I knew. I was underpaid and not challenged enough in my role so as soon as I knew my promo was deferred I started looking. Putting my two weeks notice in on Monday! ✌️

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Congrats!🎊 I’ve started looking as well!

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Yeah but will you actually get that promo if you jump? Most firms will lateral you in and make you “eligible for promo in 6mos” which means yeah regular cycle lol.

The idea is to get hired in as a manager.

You have nothing to lose by looking.

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