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Just after T left, several months ago, E came to me and told me that he knew I had been considering leaving this job for something better. On top of that, he knew that T was trying hard to convince me to work for the company he had just moved to. E told me that he would talk to J (his boss) about getting me a retention package. According to him it was to be approximately $15,000 and would be delivered over the course of a year with the stipulation that, if I were to leave before the year were up, I wouldn't get any more of the money.
Our VP said that the company just didn't do that sort of thing, but, according to E, he continued to fight for me. Several months went by, and I saw no money. Week after week, E would approach me, telling me that we should be getting the final word next week, yet the final word never came. At first, I counted on the money. I actually spent about $2,000 of it, before finally realizing it wasn't ever going to come and that I should just forget about it. E continued to tell me of the trouble he was having getting it, but that he and J were fighting for it, and that they had managed to go over the VPs head in order to get it done. I waited, this time with much less anticipation.
Eventually, E came to me and told me that they just couldn't do it. That there was no possible way that this company was going to let it happen. So... instead, he was contacted HR to get my position upgraded from a level 4 to a level 2. This was great news. This meant I would be the same level as E, only on a different track (for Contributors as opposed to Managers). Of course, having been lied to so much before, I didn't really believe him. However, should it go through it would mean a pay raise, better benefits, more stock options, and a higher salary cap.
About three weeks later (today) E comes into my office and says, "I fucking hate your goddamn company." I laugh, attempting to decide what it is he is talking about. He starts to tell me that he is having a hard time getting the promotion to go through, so, in the meantime he has managed to get me a small bonus ($2,500) by bundling me into a group of people that performed a software conversion and claiming that I worked many hours on that project simply because that project is getting rewarded with money.
I'm not holding my breath this time.
Our VP said that the company just didn't do that sort of thing, but, according to E, he continued to fight for me. Several months went by, and I saw no money. Week after week, E would approach me, telling me that we should be getting the final word next week, yet the final word never came. At first, I counted on the money. I actually spent about $2,000 of it, before finally realizing it wasn't ever going to come and that I should just forget about it. E continued to tell me of the trouble he was having getting it, but that he and J were fighting for it, and that they had managed to go over the VPs head in order to get it done. I waited, this time with much less anticipation.
Eventually, E came to me and told me that they just couldn't do it. That there was no possible way that this company was going to let it happen. So... instead, he was contacted HR to get my position upgraded from a level 4 to a level 2. This was great news. This meant I would be the same level as E, only on a different track (for Contributors as opposed to Managers). Of course, having been lied to so much before, I didn't really believe him. However, should it go through it would mean a pay raise, better benefits, more stock options, and a higher salary cap.
About three weeks later (today) E comes into my office and says, "I fucking hate your goddamn company." I laugh, attempting to decide what it is he is talking about. He starts to tell me that he is having a hard time getting the promotion to go through, so, in the meantime he has managed to get me a small bonus ($2,500) by bundling me into a group of people that performed a software conversion and claiming that I worked many hours on that project simply because that project is getting rewarded with money.
I'm not holding my breath this time.