your title upgrade hasn't been approved. You will continue to have your current title," and then continued on with all the work I would be responsible for implementing. I was so shocked I didn't respond (not that I was given the opportunity.) I don't know what to do. Should I continue with the promotion that isn't even a promotion any longer? I feel like I have shown this company loyalty for 3 years and have been fooled repeatedly by promises of credit for my work, both in title and money. I am very disheartened. I recommend that you do three things simultaneously: 1. Start believing what they've been telling you for the last three years, both through their actions and their words:  They do not plan to stick to that original promise they made you. They intend to get as much work out of you as they can at your current title and salary. And while not giving someone a raise or promotion can make sense in many cases, in this case it makes them people who break their word. And not only that, they break it so cavalierly that they don't even feel any need to go back and talk to you about it. 2. Call your boss on it. Do this politely and professionally, of course, but stand up for yourself. Say something like, "When I accepted this job three years ago, it was with the agreement that I'd receive a different title and a raise as quickly