At the risk of being obtuse, depends on what your definition of “promotion” is…
I’d classify the dimensions as:
- Compensation - obvious one. May vary by org
- Authority - are you officially allowed to give orders? Hire and fire?
- Respect and influence- in your org, do people specifically want EMs to be active in areas ICs are not, like strategy, etc. varies widely.
- Alignment with personal Career goals - some people hate management-type duties - so for them, this EM title change would be “not a promotion” to them
I’d say EM is a promotion in some of those ways and it varies a lot by org for sure.
I’d classify the dimensions as:
- Compensation - obvious one. May vary by org
- Authority - are you officially allowed to give orders? Hire and fire?
- Respect and influence- in your org, do people specifically want EMs to be active in areas ICs are not, like strategy, etc. varies widely.
- Alignment with personal Career goals - some people hate management-type duties - so for them, this EM title change would be “not a promotion” to them
I’d say EM is a promotion in some of those ways and it varies a lot by org for sure.