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Title Without Pay
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Taking the title before the money moves the workload without moving the paycheck. The promotion arrives on the org chart. The comp does not follow.
What this reveals. One number: the annual dollar gap between your current base at your prior title and the market band for the title you now carry, cumulative over the time you have carried the mismatch.
What it does not do. It does not tell you to refuse the title or leave. It documents the gap so the next comp conversation is anchored in the market band for the title.
What is your current base compensation?
Annualized base today.
What is the market-band midpoint for the new title?
The midpoint of published salary bands or your best-sourced number for comparable roles at the new title.
How long have you carried the new title?
From the day the title changed on your profile or your business card, to today.
What promise came with the title change?
The narrative that accompanied the promotion. Which one applies?
How many more months might pass before comp catches up?
Realistic. Not aspirational.
the total gap between the band midpoint you entered and what you have received
The number above is the total dollar cost of holding the new title while the compensation stayed at the prior band. Priced as the annual gap between your current base and the market-band midpoint for the title, applied over the months you have carried the title, plus the projected months before comp catches up.
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Assumptions used: current base, market-band midpoint, months carrying the new title, promise context, and projected months to catch up, all inputs you selected. The number is a scenario built from those inputs.
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This estimate compares your pay with the band figure you entered for the new title, over the period shown. A title alone does not establish the right pay. The band and the actual scope do.
If a promotion is on the table, settle the band, the effective date, and the adjustment before you accept. Decision Desk™ can examine the evidence on role scope and prepare a documented position for that conversation.
Bring one date to the Review: the acceptance or effective date. If it is not set, say so.
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