Manager said she needs to wait for budget to give me promo
@microsoft. Manager said they need to wait for budget for promo. Is this true or are promo budgets readily available at Microsoft? How do I know if my manager is giving me the runaround?
I guess I'm curious why you think your manager would say that if it wasn't the truth?
A internal Sr Mentor told me, that's a dodgy answer
That's BS, stalling tactics, unless you are > lvl 66 budget is never a constraint - his manager probably told him not happening this cycle due to blah blah reasons.
Any suggestions, or what Sr manager says. Goes?
Readiness in comparison to others at the same level, tenure in current role(not level), overall impact in role and level, experience in handling project ambiguity/complexity, cross team/functional ability, ... I can go on.
Didn't Microsoft skip raises last year? I wouldn't necessarily assume manager is lieing. There are always exemptions though so if they really wanted to push your promo through they could
Raises. But they still had budgets for promos
Sure yep. But I think that is a confirming signal at least (no raises => fewer promos seems fairly logical). I'd give your manager more benefit of the doubt in current environment. If it was like 3 years ago then I'd definitely call bs, in this case maybe, maybe not
There’s always a budget to stick to. That being said, if you’re on the top of the list of people who want to get promoted, your manager wouldn’t have made that excuse.