Coffee Break: Minori Boot
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If you're looking to splurge on a comfortable boot with a slight heel, the Minori boot from Emme Parsons looks great. I like the minimal design, the fitted shape, and the low block heel.
The boots are $850, available in four colors and sizes 35-42, at EmmeParsons.com. You can also find some options in stock at NET-A-PORTER.
Hunting for something similar? These Jamie Haller boots are in the same price range; you can also check out these best-selling Staud boots, which are about half the price.
Sales of note for 9/4 (Happy Labor Day — see our big roundup!)
- Nordstrom – End of season clearance, up to 50% off
- Anine Bing – Archive sale, up to 70% off select styles, online only
- Ann Taylor – 30% off you purchase, including new arrivals – $50 off when you spend $200. Readers love this easycare blouse and this blazer that makes a great separate.
- Anthropologie – 40% off sale! The reader favorite wide leg pants are on sale for as low as $86, including the pants I posted last week!
- Athleta – Up to 60% off + extra 30% off sale; readers love these pants
- AYR – Archive sale, up to 60% off
- Boden – 20% off everything – readers love these dresses, and their double-layer line of tees
- CVS – Epic beauty sale, $10 off when you spend $30 (Walmart is having its “Beauty Event” as well right now!)
- Design Within Reach – the semiannual sale, 25% off everything! (readers love the Herman Miller Aeron and Sayl!)
- The Fold – 20% off, limited time only
- J.Crew – 40% off your purchase
- J.Crew Factory – 50% off all stores and sitewide, PLUS extra 20% off orders over $125
- J.McLaughlin – Extra 40% off sale (ending soon)
- Lilysilk – Anniversary sale, save up to 70% (ending soon)
- Me & Em – Sale! Up to 60% off (new lines just added, exclusively online)
- M.M.LaFleur – Labor Day Sale Event, save sitewide! (Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off on other items)
- Nordstrom Rack – Thru September 7: Extra 25% off clearance! Nice selection of Vince, Veronica Beard, Reiss and Rag & Bone, a ton of affordable work dresses from Calvin Klein, Maggy London, Eliza J, and Donna Morgan
- Sarah Flint – 20% off sitewide
- Talbots – Ends 9/4: 25-40% off wear-now styles
- Theory – End of season sale is on!
- Veronica Beard – Extra 20% off sale styles with code
Might repost tomorrow but how do you handle it when you’re asking for a substantial raise and promotion and you get a small one instead? I essentially want to say “thanks but this is nowhere near where it needs to be” and my boss probably wants to say “here you go, be grateful I managed this much and now I’m off the hook for a few more years.”
Many people would take that as a sign to look for another job.
100%
yup
Apologies for the bluntness but I’d handle it as ‘this is as much as they’re willing to give me’ and use that information to make future decisions. It’s the corporate version of ‘they’re just not that into you’. If your boss went to bat for you and you trust that they did their best, and the number still isn’t what you want, then you start looking for a new job.
As a manager, I don’t know that it’s a clear “they’re just not that into you.” I think there are a lot of details that are relevant here (pay comparison to others in the same or similar roles, success of the business, etc.). Definitely start looking around, but I don’t think it’s a kiss of death.
I agree with 2:48. You have to remember that your ask may not have been very doable in the context of your organization.
+2 especially in the nonprofit world.
As a manager who has had to fight for promotions and raises, I agree. IME senior management and HR are very aware of the market power they have over employees and are unwilling to give promotions and raises, even when they value those employees highly and/or are upset about “disloyalty” when they leave for greener pastures.
Well, I should add that I KNOW they want to keep me, but we’re a small business and there are certain financial limitations that make it challenging to do big promotions. It’s been done in rare circumstances before, though, and without outing myself, I think I have a strong case for it now. My supervisor is going to bat for me but it’s the CEO who will have final say.
Go somewhere else
They want to keep you, but they’re not willing to PAY to keep you.
I worked for a small business, and there were many years when I got no raise at all. If you care a lot about what you earn, you should jump ship. Not every organization can afford to pay well.
I was in a similar position earlier this year and when my manager shared the news of my raise (which was actually large, in part due to the lack of a promotion), I thanked her for going to bat for me and asked if she had any information she could share about a potential timeline for promotion. That led to a candid conversation about the future of our team. From that point on, I have to decide for myself whether I want to stay at this org or job search. Ultimately I think that’s where you are too: are you OK with small raises/no promotion year over year? Or is it time to job hunt?
I’d ask your boss what happened, given that you were asking for X in recognition of your new duties and got Y. And I’d ask HR if there was any way to negotiate your raise.
And then use the new title to look for a new job.
This would likely lead to a variant of “you don’t always get what you want?”
Of course but if the consolation prize is a title (as implied) then it’s all for the resume.
I was in a similar situation years ago, small business, I was due for a big promotion and associated raise.
My manager went to the mat multiple times to get those, and came back with a small promotion and small raise.
I found a new job, and they had to hire an external person for the title and salary they denied me. That person was let go within a year, and heard “Well [Anon] was able to do it, why can’t you? [Anon] delivered this great outcome, you’re not doing enough”, etc., so it wasn’t that I wasn’t capable.
It’s that they didn’t actually think I would leave, and while I had a strong case and was clearly just asking for market rate for my work, that didn’t change the fact that they didn’t see it until I literally left. I got a 40% raise in my new role, when they could’ve paid me 20% more to stay (which is what they had to pay the external hire anyways).