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[JuJu Squeezie]

That whole title is a oxymoron. Or as I tell the children, their game, their rules. Sense has nothing to do with it.

[Pashmina_1]

Politics rule the world even in the workplace. Crooked, crooked, crooked.

[CrazyDaisy]

Have shake my head sometimes at responses here.

Depending on the position, a personality, networking ability and demonstrating the willingness to work with others are qualities that trump skills that can be taught. Management needs to know you "will fit in" in the new environment. It may be supervising personnel or working with upper management. Just doing your job is not enough to get promotions, you need to show you can do the new one. Many people also get secretive of their job, thinking they are protecting themselves from lay offs. Management will not promote you from a job that "you were made for".

It is often said you need to dress for the job you want, you must also show you can act how you will be expected to in the new position.

[Vesti]

Discount Diva said ""there were better candidates for the position. This was clear to EVERYONE and a shock even to those who did end up getting the position.""

That's guesswork. The people who made the promotion decision are the only ones who know exactly who was the REAL ""better candidate"".

[humpty dumpty]

Then there is the personal side of the story ...

A girl that was the best friend of the wife of the Chief Financial Officer was the next in line for promotion was passed over because she would be doing payroll and would then know how much money he was making ...

[CouponQueen]

I can think a lot of reasons outside of the usual brown nosing..friends..politics..favors

Time and Attendance Issues.

Not a Team Player

Young and Yes Person..moldable to their way of doing business.

Somebody who isn't always saying ""It isn't my job..."" and walks away.

Willing to go above and beyond.

Personality

[wildcat fan]

My experience in education: You become an assistant principal by being a "yes" man/woman. You get along fabulously with parents and students because you have a reputation for giving lots of extra credit, and very few students make a C in your class (most everyone has an A and nobody has D or F). You become a district office employee when, as a principal, you've shown that you can't manage your job responsibilities and the superintendent is tired of dealing with complaints.

[Vesti]

Some excuses are sour grapes from people who didn't get promotions they wanted.

[wildcat fan]

On 3/31/2015 eloise said:

Some excuses are sour grapes from people who didn't get promotions they wanted.

Not necessarily

[CelticCrafter]

On 3/30/2015 DiscountDiva said:

Over the course of 2 years, I have seen at least 4 people in my company promoted when there were better candidates for the position. This was clear to EVERYONE and a shock even to those who did end up getting the position. Why do companies do this? I know I may sound naive but maybe you all can share what similar experiences you have had in relation to this. The good thing is that in two of the cases, the best candidate (which of course wasn't chosen) ended up in better paying jobs, albeit outside of the company.

Maybe management wanted the more qualified people gone and couldn't justify firing them so by promoting a less qualified person they accomplished their goal.