Said It Here

Should I leave my job if I was passed over for a promotion?

Being passed over for a title promotion despite already doing senior-level work leaves professionals stuck in a lower-level role that hurts their resume over time. Waiting another year risks repeating the cycle, while leaving forces a job hunt just to secure the proper title for work already performed.

What people tried

Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.

  1. 1
    Accepting the higher pay and ignoring the formal title
  2. 2
    Job hopping to secure the title elsewhere
  3. 3
    Asking management for specific milestones required to achieve the title change
  4. 4
    doing the bare minimum work
  5. 5
    looking at other companies

In their words

Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.

“After six weeks and three interviews, they gave the job to someone else.”source ↗

“Throughout that whole period, I had been taking on extra work, finishing early, and covering for other people, so naturally I was extremely upset.”source ↗

Cautious-Dot-5895 · r/Accounting · 11 upvotes

“I was recently passed up for promotion from staff to senior despite me doing senior level work the past year.”source ↗

“I’m wondering if I should stay and hope to get promoted next year but at the same time I feel like it won’t look good on my resume if I keep having staff.”source ↗

“Should I look to leave just to get the title or stay and hope to get the title at my current company next year?”source ↗

Rudeyyyy · r/Accounting · 3 upvotes

“I feel like the lack of title change after being a staff for 3 years though and being a staff for another wouldn’t look good on my resume.”source ↗

Rudeyyyy · r/Accounting · 1 upvotes

Where this came up

r/Accountingaccountingcareercareer advancementmanagementworkplace

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