Internal reorganizations are par for the course at many companies, and sometimes they mean pay reductions, title changes and shifts in employee responsibilities—all of which could feel like a demotion.
In other workplaces, some employees may have been demoted due to poor performance.
Managing a demoted team member can be challenging. It’s important to distinguish between the pain of a demotion resulting from a reorganization versus one resulting from performance issues, said David Harrison, a professor of management at the University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business.
