Thread regarding Fiserv Inc. layoffs

Promotion at that level means you need to be likable by a director or a vp, that you have a delivery track of years, and that your technical skills matches your soft skills. The higher grade you are the more difficult it is. Likely your manager is at the same level you aspire to go. Do you think they can afford to do that without assuring their next role at a higher level?

A shortcut is you work to make your manager promoted so that you can be promoted.

Another shortcut is internally applying for a position grade 13?

Another shortcut is, find another job with a higher title?

@cj @cj Why do you care? The difference is not that large. You are already in the bonus category and your next raise may put you in the cross hairs if you do the same work. Your boss may be doing you a favor here at Fiserv where the cost matters more than the income it brings.

@cj There is a senior architect who did this and his raise was double digits along with a title increase. That is worth doing if you don't want to transfer and they beat the offer. Save the difference and move to lower COL or get another job with the title.

You sold out yo their “promises”

Use the results at your job at Fiserv to get hired at a higher level at another company. This is the industry standard way of getting promoted. Companies do not promote from within anymore. If you want to move up, you need to move to a different employer.

Do.

Not.

Accept.

The counter offer.

They will promise you a promotion if you stay, but the promotion will never be approved.

Overtime work with knee pads

They won’t do it unless you’re best friends with the VPs, they transferred someone into my team into a SR position despite having no experience in the role but won’t raise my pay grade despite asking he to train them. Found out this person is friends w the VPs brother but ethics team doesn’t care. They even went to parties together. What a joke.

VP level. And if you think working weekends , relocating or doing extra outside of the 9 hour office day you’re crazy. Anything outside that does NOT count.

Half your soul

if you think working weekends gets you to 13, you don't deserve to be a 12. you sound like a low level less-than-smart person who should be working an hourly job.