A promotion is the assignment of an employee to a job in a higher job classification or pay grade. Stony Brook encourages internal development and promotions of current employees.
Promotions are a positive mechanism for attaining operational and employee recognition goals.
It is better to promote an employee prior to their performing the work for an extended period of time. Determining compensation for a promotion is a critical decision. While intended to reward the successful candidate, care should be taken to avoid creating compensation problems among peers, such as salary inequities. It may not always be appropriate to increase a newly promoted employee's salary to the same level as an employee who has been in the title for several years. At the time of promotion, the employee must receive a pay increase.