What should you do if your boss asks for money or gifts in exchange for promotion?
If your company has a Human Relations Department, go talk to them and report it with careful details.
Let them handle it. But if not, go look for another job. If there is an exit interview, be sure to mention this low-life.
This is disgusting!!!
If your boss is THE TOP BOSS, then find another job as soon as you can.
If your boss has a boss, report preferably with evidence if there is anything in writing, to the CEO or whoever is the top boss.
More than you being bothered about your promotion, your boss should be bothered to lose you.
승진에 대해 신경 쓰는 것보다 상사가 당신을 잃는 것에 더 신경 써야 합니다.
Before I answer how you should respond to such a boss, I want you to understand how you should look at these promotions.
Looking at your career growth only through promotions is misleading.
If you work with an intention to get the promotion, you might get promoted but you will fail to excel in your career.
To escalate your career graph, you don't have to chase promotions, you have to work to become excellent.
The point when you become clear on the fact that your promotions are not dependent on anyone other than you, you will stop expecting them from your boss.
So, now when such a situation arises that you are bribed for a promotion, the first thing you should do is become forthright about your perspective. You should be so confident about your work that showing denial to such shallow proposals should not be a tall order for you.
Thank your Boss from the bottom of your heart but don't entertain the greed that he/she shows.
You are not obliged to your boss just because You were promoted.
How do you respond when someone asks for payment in exchange for promotion?
You say no. Climb the ladder honestly and with integrity. Your time will come. In fact, you might get the position of the person asking for the bribe. Apply for it anyway. Chances are, the powers that be will find out, and you don’t want to get a bad mark against your name or associated with that person.
How do you respond when someone asks for payment in exchange for promotion?
Personally I would refuse and either resign if I could afford it or stay in the present job and find another one as quickly as I could.
Depending on the nature of the employment I would also report this person to their superior or if the buck stops with them, I would find out if there is an independent body that would deal with the situation. Laws will differ in each country.