WWYD in this situation?

[Anonymous]

Let's say you were at a company for 20 years with a history of stellar performance reviews and worked you way up from an entry level employee making $30k to a manager making $200k. Your company was going through a merger. Your boss quit out of frustration. Your new boss was from the merged company. You had a series of accomplishments and asked for a promotion. Your new boss said no and as the reason given was a series of blistering criticisms of your personality based on interactions with employees of the new company you have barely interacted with. Then your boss proceeded to give several promotions to your peers from the merged company.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like your old boss had the right idea. This is frustrating and may not improve given what it sounds like your new peers’ behavior is. Hate to say it, but it may be time to move on.

[Anonymous]

find a new job ASAP

[Anonymous]

Find a new job and ask old boss to be a reference. It's a common pattern, new boss wants their people, not carryovers. Good luck, OP.

[Anonymous]

Move on. I hope you can still contact old boss for a recommendation.

[Anonymous]

I am surprised you even asked for a promotion. Usually people are happy to not be laid off in this scenario!

[Anonymous]

Why is this even a question? You should leave. Your personality is not a culture fit for new boss and new company.

[Anonymous]

I would look for a new job.

[Anonymous]

Get out. New manager has his team and favorites. You lost your champion and will not be promoted / pushed out

[Anonymous]

It is not fair, but corporate life is often unfair. Time to move on…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let's say you were at a company for 20 years with a history of stellar performance reviews and worked you way up from an entry level employee making $30k to a manager making $200k. Your company was going through a merger. Your boss quit out of frustration. Your new boss was from the merged company. You had a series of accomplishments and asked for a promotion. Your new boss said no and as the reason given was a series of blistering criticisms of your personality based on interactions with employees of the new company you have barely interacted with. Then your boss proceeded to give several promotions to your peers from the merged company.

You need to get out because nothing is going to change. Sorry you are gong through this.

[Anonymous]

You weren't going to get a promotion no matter how stellar you were in your previous life (ie pre-merger). The cards were already sorted and yours wasn't in the deck .

Unless you can magically charm the new boss's boss there's not much hope for you.

[Anonymous]

You should leave. As soon as companies merge people start getting laid off and it sounds like the other company is the one that gets to make the decisions here.

[Anonymous]

Nothing you did in past no long matters. Get over it

[Anonymous]

This is the kind of thing that happens with a merger. It's why people get out. No prior accomplishment means anything to the new people. It's like it's not the same company. Not sure why you don't understand that.