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The Quiet Promotion (More Work, No Pay?!)
English with Subtitle English with Subtitle Cantonese with Subtitle Cantonese with Subtitle Let's see how you handle this extra workload for 6 months, and then we can discuss a formal promotion." 「不如睇下你呢半年做得點,之後再傾正式升職啦。」 🚩 RED FLAG. This is called a "Quiet Promotion." The company gets manager-level output for a junior-level salary, and by month 6, the budget is magically "frozen." 🚩 聽到呢句要小心!呢個叫「Quiet Promotion」。公司用 Junior 人工買你 Manager 級嘅產出,半年後通常會話 Budget freeze 咗。 In this
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May 272 min read


The Quiet Promotion (More Work, No Pay?!)
English Cantonese Let's see how you handle this extra workload for 6 months, and then we can discuss a formal promotion." 🚩 RED FLAG. This is called a "Quiet Promotion." The company gets manager-level output for a junior-level salary, and by month 6, the budget is magically "frozen." 老細叫你「頂上」做 Manager 啲嘢,話試用半年再傾升職,但完全冇加人工?小心,你已經中咗「Quiet Promotion (安靜升職)」大伏! In this episode, your Career Coach and Headhunter - Hong Ming Lau, ACC and co-host - Candy Tsang teach you how to say Y
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May 221 min read


The "Nice Guy Discount"
English with subtitles 🏷️ If your personal brand at work is "helpful," "flexible," and "never complains," you are likely underpaid. In the corporate world, silence is interpreted as satisfaction. If you never push back, the system assumes you are happy with less. 🏷️如果你在公司的形象是「好幫手」、「肯遷就」、「從不投訴」,你很可能人工偏低。在職場上,沉默等於滿意。如果你從不反抗,系統就會假設你願意接受更少的回報。 In this episode, your career coach and headhunter Hong Ming Lau and co-host Candy Tsang give you the 3 sentences you need to use to st
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Apr 152 min read


The "Nice Guy Discount"
Are you paying the "Nice Guy Discount"? 🏷️ If your personal brand at work is "helpful," "flexible," and "never complains," you are likely underpaid. In the corporate world, silence is interpreted as satisfaction. If you never push back, the system assumes you are happy with less. In this episode, your career coach and headhunter Hong Ming Lau and co-host Candy Tsang give you the 3 sentences you need to use to stop being "convenient" and start being "respected." Stop giving a
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Apr 101 min read
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