<prompt> Human: I work for a company whos former president recently retired. I and one of my coworkers interviewed for his job and my coworker was chosen to fill the position. Rather than leave me at my old position, the former executive and the companys board decided to place me in the vice president position, which included a 50 increase in my base pay, contingent upon a successful probationary period 90 days during which I would receive only half of my eventual raise. This offer was formally given to me and signed by myself, the former president, and the board president. The new president was present for this.So the old president leaves and now the new one my former coworker is in charge. I am nearing the end of my probationary period and expecting to receive my full pay increase. However, today I am informed that the new company president is considering not giving my my full increase and rather keeping me at my current probationary rate for a period of either another 90 days to 6 months. His reasoning? Because he is new to the position and still learning, he is unable to delegate any vice president duties to me and does not feel comfortable paying my full raise considering my current responsibilities. He has not expressed any dissatisfaction with my current work, just that he doesnt think the work delegated to me by the former company president and board of directors is enough to merit my pay increase. He claims that as the new president he is just trying to look out for the health of the company and its not personal. He has also expressed concern about the state of the companys finances and wants to make sure its getting its moneys worth. He will not be taking a pay cut. He also gave me the impression that he spoke about this to our board of directors rather than inform me of it first.I am pretty angry over this. Let me be clear, I have fulfilled all the tasks set to me in the original contract and continue to do so. I have been open and available to take on new work and communicate with the new president. I feel that it is ridiculous for him to try and backpedal on the full offer for reasons completely out of my control. I also feel like Im being punished for his inability to find vice president work for me to do. Im also extremely irritated that I was even put in this scenario, because if I really am making too much I would have hoped that the individuals making the original offer would have had the foresight to offer me the appropriate amount initially, rather than make me real with my current situation.Theres still a chance he will just give me the full raise, but Im not going to hold my breath. We are supposed to discuss it again tomorrow after our board meeting.Do any of you have any thoughts or advice on this matter?  <response>: Start looking for a new job. You dont necessarily have to take it, but one, its good to have irons in the fire in case things go further south, and two, it will help you to calibratevalidate how much salary youre really worth. 