<prompt> Human: TL:DR informal promotion in a busy season with no mention of a raise, should I press the issue in case it slipped my bosss mind or wait for my annual review?This might be a little industry specific so Ill give you details. I work for a small 5 employees consulting engineering firm. This is our really, really busy season until the end of July. I got an email about a month ago from my boss saying he had just realized I had crossed the threshold to be considered Engineer II. He apologized for realizing it 3 months late and congratulated me on my promotion emphasis mine, but mentioned nothing about a raise.Weve been crazy busy since then, and I spent 3 weeks working at another location in the middle of all that. I know Im getting billed out at a higher rate, so theyre making more off of me. I honestly dont know if he forgot to give me a raise or doesnt intend to yet. I got a pretty good annual raise last year 5, so I dont know whether the assumption is that my raises will be portioned out over multiple years rather than big raises at each position jump or if my boss just forgot to give me a raise because were so busy right now. The biggest thing thats frustrating me is that I know my company is charging other people 25 more for my time right now, and Im not getting anything more yet.Anyone else that works in a similar field have any experience with this? Thanks!  <response>: Boss: Congratulations since X left the company for more money were promoting you to his job Me: Great! Whats my raise going to be? Boss: Unfortunately we dont have the budget to give you a raise Me: But at last weeks meeting the director announced we were making record profits. Whos going to be doing my current work? Boss: We dont have anyone for that yet. Me: No thanks then. Boss: Youre refusing a promotion? Me: You didnt offer one, you offered me longer work hours for a lower hourly rate Boss: ... Let me get back to you. A few days later I actually had a sizable raise, and a lot of extra work for a while. 