Community Chat

[reiki604]

Skills can be developed and learned. It may be that the person who was promoted was seen as fitting in and growing with the culture and environment of the workplace. The people who gave the promotion may have seen some of the intangible qualities that the person has.

[PenneyT]

On 3/31/2015 reiki604 said: Skills can be developed and learned. It may be that the person who was promoted was seen as fitting in and growing with the culture and environment of the workplace. The people who gave the promotion may have seen some of the intangible qualities that the person has.

ITA. The higher-ups have a duty to do what is best for the company, and this is not always seen as 'fair'.

[Blahblahvampemer]

It comes down to people skills and/or connections. Even when I was working at Wal Mart, my manager brought in someone from another department to be second in charge over one of her own who did an amazing job. This person not only refused to learn the department, but it got so bad that the next manager was begged by the workers to NOT write her up because she wouldn't be able to transfer for six months once it was in her file. People want to promote those they like so this is ridiculously common.

[hyacinth003]

Beside all the usual reasons, today, especially in larger companies, they have certain "goals" and "quotas" for who they promote.

Many things now are looked through the prism of "political correctness." Shhhhh, it's supposed to not be talked about.

Hyacinth

[jeanlake]

No one knows what discussions take place in executive offices. Their ideas of best future prospects for promotions may not necessarily be the most qualified people. Attitude and loyalty often trump abilities. Who truly knows what the agendas are? Ageism seems to run rampant in many organizations.

[foundinlv]

I also think promotions are all about who upper management gets along with and who won't rock the boat. If one is well liked and can delegate they don't have to be superstars; just have to make sure their underlings are.

[Deb1010again]

On 3/31/2015 Ilikeshade said:

I also think promotions are all about who upper management gets along with and who won't rock the boat. If one is well liked and can delegate they don't have to be superstars; just have to make sure their underlings are.

EXACTLY! A good boss always hires people who are smarter than they are.

[Gooday]

Many moons ago when the Ma Bells were still up and running, my SIL had a budding career with them. She got the job out of h.s. and was going to college. She is very bright and was moving up the corporate ladder. A job opening came up for which she had the most knowledge of. She gets called into her supervisor's office thinking she has the job all sewed up. The supervisor proceeds to tell her straight up that while she is indeed qualified for the job, the company wants the job to go to a female who was considered a minority. The caveat and slap in the face was that they told her she would have to train this woman but that they would give my SIL a raise to make it look fair!

Needless to say, that was a harsh dose of reality. This happened in the early 1970's and if that were the case today, she may have had a law suit on her hands. However, time marches on and she did extremely well for herself and is now retired and being a snow bird in Naples, Florida.

[Madisson]

Sometimes the best qualified person is not the person promoted. Personality plays a big role if the position is supervisory. Maybe the people in your company who were promoted had the type of personality who could be the boss without being bossy.

[dex]

Sometimes it has to do with whether you are male or female etc.My son is still paid as a level one but is working at level four.He has not been promoted but two women were.these women now work at level two and come to him for assistance.They have all been with the company equal time.