Compensation for Increased Responsibilities

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March 16,2022 at 9:17PM UTC

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Compensation for Increased Responsibilities

How does your employer/organization handle compensation for increased responsibilities? As an example, let’s say one manager is taking over three teams, increasing his count of direct reports from, say, 9 to 25. He is technically still a manager at the same level, but by taking over those teams, it streamlines a department and raises the scope of expectation significantly.

Is it unreasonable to expect a raise?

What type of increase is customary?

Is it common to accelerate the manager’s annual performance-based increase and consider that the extent of the compensation for the change?

I would love to hear about how something like this is handled in other companies, if anyone is willing to share past experiences.

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AnonymousMarch 17,2022 at 12:06AM UTC
I would make the argument that the x% increase in reports translates to x% increase in support and contribution to the company's productivity and therefore translates to a x% increase in compensation and at the very least a SENIOR Manager title which is standard in the industry.....
Waiting for a comfortable and predictable time to have this change acknowledged is insane.
AnonymousMarch 17,2022 at 1:40PM UTC
It is not unreasonable to expect a raise! I agree with the other comment that the % increase in reports can be a good place to start a salary conversation.
AnonymousMarch 18,2022 at 11:14PM UTC
This just happened to my department and I gave the person inheriting a raise based on the extra work.