am i allowed to reject a promotion?

• nismoS132

  14 Mar 05, 19:41

  for some reason, there's a cockup somewhere and i've been listed as an O levels holder, thus promoted to an LCP instead of CPL.
  
  and since i'm now longer an educated soldier, i only have to serve 2 years while all the other brilliant people serve 2yrs+.
  
  assuming 2 years down the road they uncock up and give me a double promo to 3sg, can i reject it?
• thoreldan

  14 Mar 05, 20:08

  what's your vocation?
• Gordonator

  14 Mar 05, 20:34

  LOL! what makes u think they will promote u to sergeant?
• mdfjami

  14 Mar 05, 20:41

  .... service length is not tied to rank.
  
  and, now is all 2 years mah..
  
  i think you only can reject a promotion if you are signing short term contract as a regular.
  
  and like what gordonator said, what makes you think they're gonna make you 3sg lol
• Patrik

  14 Mar 05, 21:11

  CPL loh...
  
• nismoS132

  14 Mar 05, 22:28

  armorer.
  
  i'm not in the 2yr batch.
• cat_god

  15 Mar 05, 21:05

  3SG, you think can get just by local promotion, etc?
• Gordonator

  15 Mar 05, 21:25

  if u are a A levels or diploma holder, u will definately get your CPL, u cannot reject it. there's is no way u can escape. don't think that after serving for 2 years and is about to ORD as a PTE/LCP that they will forget about u. CPC will on the dot promote u and u lan lan has to serve 6/4/2 months more as a CPL. (this happen before)
  
  but let say that u are already in a unit, and somehow your superiors recommend u to go SISPEC/OCS or decided to give u a local rank up to CPL/3SG, maybe that u can reject.
  
  talking about promotion, all the specs at SOCE STW are all promoted locally from 3SG to 2SG. this one they all got no chance to reject.
  
• LazerLordz

  16 Mar 05, 02:43

  Originally posted by mdfjami:

  .... service length is not tied to rank.
  
  and, now is all 2 years mah..
  
  i think you only can reject a promotion if you are signing short term contract as a regular.
  
  and like what gordonator said, what makes you think they're gonna make you 3sg lol

  His vocation is a 3SG estab if he's a diploma or an 'A' level holder.
  Armt Spec Tech II.
• LazerLordz

  16 Mar 05, 02:44

  Originally posted by Gordonator:

  if u are a A levels or diploma holder, u will definately get your CPL, u cannot reject it. there's is no way u can escape. don't think that after serving for 2 years and is about to ORD as a PTE/LCP that they will forget about u. CPC will on the dot promote u and u lan lan has to serve 6/4/2 months more as a CPL. (this happen before)
  
  but let say that u are already in a unit, and somehow your superiors recommend u to go SISPEC/OCS or decided to give u a local rank up to CPL/3SG, maybe that u can reject.
  
  talking about promotion, all the specs at SOCE STW are all promoted locally from 3SG to 2SG. this one they all got no chance to reject.
  

  Depending on vocation.Anyway, he'll get his 3SG.I had a friend in the same situation.Mistakenly promoted to LCP , then 3SG.
• nismoS132

  16 Mar 05, 21:58

  i checked with CPC and they had me listed as an O levels holder. which is weird, considering they listed me as a diploma holder during BMT.
  
  chief clerk submited my diploma declaration for me and told me to wait a week, should get my CPL by then. but it's been a month.
  
  i don't really care whether or not i serve the extra 2 months, either way i still have more than half a year's time to work before my school semester starts. what i don't want is to be 'upgraded' all of a sudden just when i'm getting all cushiony as a LCP. surprises are irritating.
• nismoS132

  16 Mar 05, 22:00

  Originally posted by LazerLordz:

  Depending on vocation.Anyway, he'll get his 3SG.I had a friend in the same situation.Mistakenly promoted to LCP , then 3SG.

  any back pay?
  
  only reason i really want the 3sg rank is the pay(as well as the income from all the heaps of people who don't wanna do their COS duties). it's only 2 months difference, but i'd be short changed $3k if i were to remain as LCP.
• LazerLordz

  16 Mar 05, 22:09

  Originally posted by nismoS132:

  any back pay?
  
  only reason i really want the 3sg rank is the pay(as well as the income from all the heaps of people who don't wanna do their COS duties). it's only 2 months difference, but i'd be short changed $3k if i were to remain as LCP.

  If it's an honest mistake, no back- pay.Sorry , but in cock-ups, such things happen.Better to get 3SG than be stuck for 2 more months as a CPL instead.
• YI

  16 Mar 05, 22:27

  face it. these things do happen. and when it's their 'honest mistake' in paying you extra.. you can be sure that they will be calling the next day chasing you to pay up.
• nismoS132

  17 Mar 05, 00:34

  Originally posted by YI:

  face it. these things do happen. and when it's their 'honest mistake' in paying you extra.. you can be sure that they will be calling the next day chasing you to pay up.

  there're guy's in my unit receiving 3sg pay but they're only cpl. no, their promotion has not been announced yet.
  
  infact, know of quite a few guys who all got extra pays here and there. none ever got hounded for the money.
  
  of course there're also the cock ups where cpls are recieving pte pay. but those are guaranteed back pays.
• LazerLordz

  17 Mar 05, 00:39

  Originally posted by nismoS132:

  there're guy's in my unit receiving 3sg pay but they're only cpl. no, their promotion has not been announced yet.
  
  infact, know of quite a few guys who all got extra pays here and there. none ever got hounded for the money.
  
  of course there're also the cock ups where cpls are recieving pte pay. but those are guaranteed back pays.

  Sometimes, your promotion is not announced in the BROs,Extra pay is due to them having been promoted in the system but not announced in the BRO, hence they have not worn the rank.