HR Advice

[dfrecore]

I would wait it out a while and let your boss know that if you aren't given the VP title by a certain date (say a year into the promotion, or 6 months, or whatever you think is acceptable), then you will be looking elsewhere. Your boss may be able to come up with a plan to satisfy you and HR both, but it just may take some time.

And yes, HR can and will verify employment with your REAL job title, so I wouldn't put VP on anything in the future - as a matter of fact, I wouldn't put VP on anything now while you don't actually have the title. What if one day, someone from another company was talking to someone who just happened to work in your company's HR department who didn't know about this "deal" you have with your boss, and they mentioned "that new VP burbuja0512" and the HR person said "she's not a VP, she's a director!" I just can't see this being a good plan. It's lying to everyone outside of your company (and some inside I guess) and it is just a bad idea.