I've learned over my years of working to never give 100 percent at work. I only give 50 percent now. When I give 60 percent they really love me and at 70 percent they want to promote me. Worked at a job giving 100 percent and they loved me and my hard work and kept looking right over me for every promotion. Left the job and started a new strategy and it's been great. Now whenever I want more money if my job doesn't give me a promotion, i just go for a new job. Don't even waste time arguing, just leave
I agree. I work in a convenience store 3rd shift and have for 3 years now. Started at 10 bucks and now I'm 13. I'm actively applying for my cdl license to be a trucker.
First things first here from someone who has worked for a long time: no ONE is indispensable, you can be replaced. Having said this, she is right, when I left a certain job, it took 2 people to replace me AND they had to pay a Manager 10K bonus to not quit because the work I was doing there was tricky and had a lot of tough personalities involved. Staying in a job for longer than 5 years without any movement or opportunities to move on and grow within a company is a BIG red flag.
Two people AND an bonus so the manager wouldn't walk too!? This shows me their employee success team was failing, they should have been advancing you and making sure you were getting exactly what you wanted from your career.
I agree with Hanna. It does depend on the industry. When I was working at a brokerage firm the folks at the trade desk were exactly where they always wanted to be. Moving between the different types such as fixed income or options would have been more of a lateral move. No opportunities in 5 years definitely sounds horrible though. Sometimes you have to insert yourself into the projects or ask around if anyone needs help. People notice those things. Surprisingly a lot of folks in corporate just want to collect that comfy check and do the bare minimum. Don’t be that person.
@@robbytherob nothing wrong with staying in a position if the pay keeps steadily increases. looking for new projects and work again sounds great unless it comes on top of existing work. i suggest being the person who does the work they are hired for OR the new work they want to do NOT BOTH. Don't be the fool who takes on 2 or more jobs in effort to "move up". if thats not how its gonna work at current employer, find the work or project you want to do at a new employer. your pay will be at market rate while workload will be the same or even less. sorry but your suggestion sounds exhausting. remember employer wants the most work for least pay and you want the opposite. do whats best for you.
@@asadb1990 Sorry but I respectfully disagree with you. It may sound exhausting to you but not to others. I guess my advise goes to the folks that don't have project management skills or never worked on an important project before. As a manager, why would I volunteer someone to work on a project that has no experience? If you are someone that is hungry and wants to move up, a good way to showcase your commitment to the firm is by volunteering yourself to help out in any capacity with the project. Maybe I am speaking from personal experience, but the way I managed to move up was by inserting myself into projects early on when I had no project experience. By my 4th or 5th contract role, I had a laundry list of projects I worked on and became the right man at the right time for the job. I would have never built that experience if I didn't go above and beyond during my early days.
A coworker at my last job got bypassed for a promotion because she was everything you described: a top performer, knew all the answers, worked long hours, and very likable and agreeable to work with. Instead they hired someone externally for the position and he would leave work early, claim OT, and never learned a thing. Karma is real.
What I've learned in my years in the business world is that the harder that you work, the more & more & more they expect you to do & if you don't produce more, you are then blacklisted or fired.
For years I did 150% of the work and they just gave me and my teem more to do every year. It came to be that Im still doing the same amount of work but the expectation is now that if we dont do 150% than your are not good anymore. Then they start to call you in for talks of why is it that you dont perform as is expected and made the work so stressfull that many are leaving and new people that come to work stay for 2-3 months and then leave. Great work menagment, great work.
Private security works like that. 90% of contract firms are awful 🤦🏽♂️. Poorly run, hire sub-par staff. I've lived in Florida, 2000. In the last 10+ years security 🚔 has gone WAY down. ⬇️ .
My husband got black listed this year , the only company that would hire was Walmart because he made boss man look bad and he didn't want to pay unemployment.. hes a skilled electrician.. and either he has a 8 month work gap or hes a sloppy , unprofessional, terrible worker .. he was really trying to leave the right way and boss man layed him off and really tried to push him to lose his temper on purpose and he never did and despite the other workers are on his side they can not defend him because they'll risk the same penalty.
I wish companies just understood how dangerous it is to not promote employees or give employees raises. The minute that employee feels undervalued even after years of work they will likely leave. It does not help you to keep training new people. Find ways to value the employees you have.
@@LTGDSP I remember reading a 1970s National Geographic Magazine regarding computers. The President of IBM told the real reason of the success of IBM is that HE HIRES AND PROMOTES PEOPLE BETTER AND MORE INTELLIGENT THAN HIM! He cares not about office politics getting in the way or getting involved into the system. All he wants is to make the company A GREAT COMPANY, no personalities involved! Unfortunately that is not true in todays world anymore. One can only imagine on how many companies never got that boosting breakthrough because their own people got involved in office politics and getting personalities involved will astound you.
@@LTGDSP These companies doing such things are short sighted companies. You own a company and invest in people (spending money to train them and paying them salaries) and once they acquired TONS of experience in doing the job efficiently and effectively you fire them once they reached seniority or about reaching retirement age? THAT IS SHEER STUPIDITY AND SHEER WASTE OF COMPANY MONEY!
This happened to me. The company hired a someone to be the middle man between the leads and us, that supervisor has no idea about the software we use or the projects we have been working on. He has spent 3 months trying to catch up and still asking me "how do you use this and that". I think it would have been cheaper for the company to up my salary and promote me, but nah they rather bring in someone that so far has needed almost 3 months of onboarding. I sometimes thing the leadership at a company is clueless.
I am literally on the way out from this situation. After working 6 years in the same company with promises of promotion, there was an opening in a function a little bit higher on the ladder. My boss literally told me he won't promote me because he has a very hard time replacing me. So I made my conclusion and gave in my two months (yeah I live in Belgium so it's a bit longer) and starting at a new company in february. Fuck him and this bs company
As someone who just left a 35 year career in an executive position, my advice is: go find your happiness in life! Escape from the handcuffs of the corporation where even if you think you’re making good money, the truth is, you’re making them way more than they will ever pay you. You’re a cog in the wheel most likely living above your means a d trapping yourself to work forever. Get out while your young enough to enjoy life
This thought crosses my mind all the time, but the burning question - what exactly would I do? The door to my passion and dream has long been closed. I have other interests, but nothing I think I could make a living on. Thus I keep learning and building skills in what I do and it just further entrenches me.
@@JP-jn2yx the mistake I made was underestimating my worth. Keep moving forward on your you tube hustle. Find a way to market your channel more effectively. Have your resume professionally done to find a company that will value you and that doesn’t work you to death. If I could do it again, I would downsize if I had to in order to work less and enjoy more
U are so right its true. Corporate is full of nonsense and its not worth your life. I did Corporate for 15 Years and the stress, long hours, being fake to get ahead, the extra work they want and networking is nonsense. Listen to this person people and get out asap no matter what age your at.
The reason why most managers and supervisors get to where their are is because they don't perform and think outside the box. They conform and obey and be a yes man. That is why people with a free mind do poor in the corporate world. Also most of them have a huge ego and that is why they fire all the free thinkers and keep all the sheep.
You’re not wrong. But, in many cases, that only gets you so far. Eventually, even the competition to kiss the most surface area of your boss’s butt becomes fierce. I remember being frustrated seeing less qualified people excel and reach/pass me based on brown nosing. Only one of them that I know of has made it to the top. The rest of them stalled in middle management. I’m sure they want more. But, they don’t know how to get it.
Top performers in my industry don't always get promoted. The folks that play politics are the ones that do. Also folks that aren't threatening to the boss.
This video is spot on and so important. Please don't assume that your manager has your best interest in your career. I've been in the workforce for 25 years and am just now learning this lesson. The reason is that I've always strived to help people and mistakenly assumed that others were the same. While many are helpful, many others are not. The workforce is wrought with insecure saboteurs who will not only not help you but go out of their way to sabotage you.
I just quit my job bc we are severely understaffed and they worked me to the point of physical exhaustion. I always stayed late to help out or pick up a shift when a coworker or manager is sick. Well one day I told my manager I need to go home bc I feel like I’m about to faint. She told me to find coverage bc they are short staffed. I had an anxiety attack and fainted. . . . . They are about to be REAL short staffed now. One of me is 3 people/jobs. I say this to say…just bc you help people don’t mean they’ll help you…
At a former job, I really wanted to move up from data entry to program specialist, which involved talking to patients. Data is technically the hardest part, and I did my job well, and the boss hoped another "me" would come along to take my place. Never happened, and people I trained started moving up, even though they didn't grasp data entry as well as I did. The final straw for me was when I found out I'd be teaching a whole group of new recruits data entry, but then they would learn from someone else the program specialist position. So not only were they getting the job I wanted, I was training people that were going to make more than me. Granted, I now have a job relevant to my college degree like I always wanted, but that experience was so heartbreaking.
@@marcusd6096 BS. They wanted to squeeze him like a lemon so he would keep try harder foe the same amount of money while training others who wouldn t be so skilled in what he was doing. The wanted him to stay put like a good dog that is not allowed in the house
@@potatoe83bong9 it could be that too. Same thing happened to my mother when she was working at the Pentagon. She was training people to do the job that she wanted and was already qualified for, and they let her go when she was done training them. Except the people she trained made less than what she would've made if she had got the position. The Gov was slowly getting rid of the higher earning folks, with great benefit packages to let in some folks who would do the same job for less money, and not so great benefit packages.
Where ever I go, I always stuck with tasks that no one wants to do, less visible yet critical tasks. Even if I get visible project, Chad always manage get himself involved at the last minute and takes the credit.
This is something I've been thinking about for a long time. Those who get promoted are NOT the ones who get things done. Because, if they get promoted, then who will get things done in their place? People who detect and underline problems or critical situations are usually the ones who get a career advance. So if you want to climb the corporate ladder, speak out what the big problems are, but never ever try to solve them.
That's how you get raises basically too. Been with my company over 10 years and they been begging me to promote myself but I've respectfully declined. I'll get a raise but I know it won't be the raise I want to see for that position with it having more responsibility. November my hours were cut, compensated then given a raise on top of it. Now my boss got fired this passed Friday which promoted me yet again and now I have to negotiate for another raise this Monday.
@@smtuscany for me, good work ethic means that if I raise a problem that I ought to source a solution. However, I've come to realise that my manager, and hers, are weak leaders. I will definitely learn from your wisdom and experience.
I learn to never speak about a problem unless you’re going to fix it or be the one to fix it. I complain to a boss that the bathroom was a mess and he told me to do. He’s was a asshole to me before this event and basically the reason I quit that job. But then I boomerangs to another store. People quit their jobs cuz of bad managers
Jennifer, I could have really used your advice 10 years ago. I worked at a toxic workplace that never promoted me even though my work won awards, and they would give me company bonuses and awards. After 12 years, I got fed up and went back to school to get my MFA just to escape that place. Once I left I heard through the grape vine that they missed all the things I did.
This happened to me at my last job. I was the top guy Nationwide in the company at what I did. I worked over 40 hours a week, and people I trained, along with week old employees go promoted as leads over me. When I asked how did that happen, because it was the ELEPHANT in the building, management gave an excuse like we really like what you do, we just don't fill now is the time for you to take this kind of position. People quit, and took extended leaves and me (prior to me wising up) came in everyday, never late and worked 10+ hours shifts daily. I did everything in each department. Then I wanted to transfer to another location due to it being closer to me. They responded with the grass is always greener on the other side. I trained the employees in 3 different departments for 3 separate locations. I know all this too well. Overbooked and overlooked.
My boss had no degree or experience when he got his job. He brown nosed his way there. I could not advance at all because I ended up having more education (BA) and experience than him. I was the biggest threat to him. I would leapfrog him for any promotions.
I agree with you 100%. And no amount of skills, self improvement or hard work can ever overcome a toxic culture. I have wasted my whole career trying to overcome nepotism and cronyism, only to see much less qualified ALWAYS get the promotion. And don’t ever bother to ask why. Those that do are labeled as “disgruntled” or “troublemakers”, and will never be told the truth anyway! 🖕the American workplace!
Another eye opening video. It's really helped me get past something from a previous employer. I finally know why people told me my manager was jealous of me. Why she always singled me out to bully me. I was a hard worker, the metrics of my job showed I was doing the job of 3 people. It never occurred to me, that she was threatened by that. Thank you. It feels so good to finally understand what happened.
Also, make sure you really want to be promoted. I'm a retired computer programmer and am not good with people. Decades ago, I had the opportunity to apply for my boss' job, as he was moving on. I gave it some thought at home and quickly realized: they would lose a good worker and gain a lousy manager. Lose/Lose. I like doing technical things, not dealing with people. Becoming a manager would be torture for somebody like me.
@@CherrySplit No, at that point I had been a programmer for less than ten years and was in my late twenties. I could have learned people skills, I suppose, but why give up something I liked and was good at just for money or prestige?
I left my previous job about a year ago and later found out three people were doing my job. Since then I have been promoted twice at my current job, so this video rang very true.
My cousin is a CPA, when they tried selling the company he was part of the negotiation (he wasn't aware) when he put his 2 weeks in before the company was sold, the company started promising him money or a new title. He ended up leaving and the deal ended up falling apart.
@@joe7665 the old company is not smart lol If you are selling a company, they should have offered your cousin an offer, he couldn't resist and put it in writing. They should have approached your cousin as well, instead of being sneaky, and tell him the deal before hand. I know they are trying to pocket more money but shot themselves in the foot. If they where not so greedy and offered your cousin an offer, he can't not refuse, the deal could have happened. An example is, if they selling the company for 5 million dollars, offer the cousin $300,000 for 6 months, max offer $500,000 for 6 months.
I was bypassed for a promotion at my last employer because it would have hastened my departure to a different department. I was given a pay raise though without assuming the additional responsibilities so 🤷 - I was fiscally rewarded & that's what matters to more then a title. Have a Great day Jennifer 😀
Seems like a win win. It is not like they ignored your contribution and I like that they were honest, that way everyone knows where they stand and can talk about the best way forward that makes everyone win instead of just making you think and feel you are unvalued just so they can use you.. I like what they did with you, it seems fair to me and you seem happy
Never dismiss the importance of a title. When it’s time to move up, potential employers look at titles to “prove” advancement. It seems stupid because it is. But, that doesn’t make it not important.
@@jaycol21 I totally agree with you. I think job titles are BS (and in my experience they are), but there an indicator for future jobs and are used as evidence of growth.
I can relate to the first point completely. In my current job, I was passed over for promotion twice giving some stupid reasons. And now that I have given my notice, my company has hired 4 different people to replace me. They are now asking me to increase my notice period to train these new recruits before I leave.
@The Sheep Look Up Thanks for the advise. That is what I have done currently. However, my boss has says he can give me a concrete reply only post the holidays are over. In fact most of the new resources are joining in the first week on Jan 2022.
Sorry sapta21 i release my reply was worded poorly. I meant to say that the boss should give u more notice if he wants u to train the new staff, rather than after the holidays which would be like a few days notice. Apologies for the confusion.
I hated office politics. I’m still not a fan. But, learning to play the game got my career moving. I figure I’m maybe 4-5 years out from the C-Suite. But, looking back on some of the enormous opportunities I fumbled hard, I would already be there now if I’d known the game sooner.
This happened to me for 3 years at my last job. I thought it was racism, but I see two categories of why this was happening. I'm working smarter this time. Thanks. Sharing this!
@Luke Monsensey you proved mine TOO. I'm not a fish on your hook, I just don't mind speaking up against any racist gaslighter. You flatter yourself when you called that an "art." You wanted a reaction, and I didn't mind giving it to you. It was my pleasure. The ones that pretend racism is all in our heads when it clearly isn't. And you proved that point. So thank you for that. You found a Black woman to talk to like that because you're an Internet troll and the only place you can talk like that IS on the internet. Because you're a coward. I don't mind speaking towards that. I'm getting my rocks off just like you're getting YOURS off, so..... LOL
Luke's comments did not get picked up by UA-cam's filters, and I'm sorry they were up for a day. I do my best to block people like that. Racism and the like ain't welcome around here.
I worked at an animal shelter for 16 years. I had a great connection with the animals and trained the new people because of my “attention to detail” and my knowledge and experience. They kept throwing new projects at me with no time to work on them. I finally quit January 2020 after crying every day on the ride home. Like I’ve heard a few times- you don’t quit the company you quit the management.
This is a gem! I wished I had discovered these 5 years ago. I wouldn't have left a corporate job. But, the blessing is that now as a self-employed, I now have more control over my "promotion". It's a totally different set of challenges altogether.
yeah my boss was a boomer who was always calling me to help him with ms word, ms project, excel, etc. i even practically did all the annoying and tedious work for him. but for more money and promotion, i was never ready. apparently, he hinted the method to a promotion was putting in unpaid overtime and being a "go-getter" or lowkey take up more work so im always at work. he was a 6a-6p kind of worker and he insisted i do that. i didn't get fooled. so he laid me off and i got my promotion elsewhere. i met a former co-worker and he was shocked i amounted to anything. in my mind, i said fu
@@JenniferBrick yeah i met a colleague with whom i was now an equal but he was so rude and unprofessional after meeting him months after i left. i did all the hard time consuming work for this individual. i work in construction and i did the analytical work and he did the generic form reports which were all premade by employer for decades and just needed to be updated with a few lines. but whatever, now i realize why i rarely met anyone at the company outside work even though we all lived nearby. i left at 5p and most were working late and coming in early.
In this situation, which actually happened to me, I quit. I mean I put in my two weeks notice under the lie that I received a job offer from another company with higher pay. I put the two weeks notice in on Monday, and by Tuesday they begged me to stay and gave me a raise and a promotion.
This is why I hate office structures. Building an empire? Being outpaced? If you have to compete against your coworker for a promotion then your team has already failed.
I always promoted myself and know my value. I never needed to have a boss to tell me how valuable I am in order to get promoted. I would let them know I am looking to grow and if they don't have a room, then I leave where there is. There are plenty of companies would hire you for that promotion that you want especially in NY. 😉
I came across a podcast recently “you don’t deserve a promotion.” The argument is that promotion is decided not earned. Behind every promotion, there is a succession plan from the organization standpoint. The decision if one get promoted or not may depend on factors totally beyond the control of the employee being decided.
Slacker Chad is a man who got into management without merit because he is related or good friends with upper management. Managers are told what's the most important things to do, and they can delegate/pass off work to other people. I wish Jennifer explained that. Chad is not an entry level employee who has the very difficult mission of getting his boss to trust him with the important tasks. Only trusted employees & middle managers are kept in the loop, know what the boss wants done the most and values. The rest of us are just peasants doing the dirty work. It can be possible to rise to management, but you will have a lot harder time than someone who got the management job because they're good friends with VIPs. It may take you years and the unfair treatment will disgust you. If that doesn't bother you, just do your time and work only for a paycheck. The old saying: "It's not what you know, it's who you know!"
If Im serving my notice because I got shortchanged on promotion dont act surprised if the ones hired to replace me dont know or cant perform. My hand over and briefings will strictly be exactly what I got when I took over on my first day and not a sentence more. Everything else that I learned, figured, implemented, innitiated and did walks out with me.
The best way to advance your career is to leave. I learned that the hard way after getting TWO promotions and not getting the promised raises that were supposed to go along side those promotions. If you really want to move up, job hop.
Learning about this video, helps me to learn more about my unprofessional supervisor who decides to keep only one maintenance employee rather than 2 - 3 for a long time proves he was not ready to be a facilities director while he has no backbone for not showing fear and act like a dictator.
Wish Id learned this long ago. My former job I was doing management work for minimum wage. My boss and store manager wouldn’t allow me to promote as they could not afford to lose me. Got a better paying job at another company and all of a sudden the egomaniac store manager offered me the position. These scumbags will always do whatever it takes to keep you down at the lowest pay rate for doing the most work. There were at least 3 other people (who eventually followed my lead and quit) that were in the same boat. To this day he still wonders why nobody wants to stay with the company and be underpaid, overworked, and under appreciated. All they had to do was give me the $20/hr for the work I was doing and the set schedule I wanted and I would’ve stayed. Fuck that 5 letter company and I feel bad for all who work there.
Thanks a milion for this. Why haven't I discovered your videos earlier.. When I quit my previous company I was literally replaced by 2 people. And now I understand now what happened!
I was in the Army as a software developer, and I was good at my job. One day I got orders to go to Japan. I was so so happy. If I could have picked anywhere in the world to get stationed this would have been my dream location. Then the colonel of the base where I was currently stationed had my orders cancel because I was "mission essential." Sometimes being too good at your job will screw you over.
I'm a workaholic and in one of my Engineering jobs - My bosses wanted me off the team because I made him look bad - Program Management and the Customer used slides I prepared on my own time to determine the state of the program - So I left to work for another company and the project fell apart! To be fair the project was doomed because the Chief Engineer did not hire a Parts Manager to track the aircraft parts and they were not able to put the plane back together! In another job I replace 2 senior officers at the Pentagon and another senior officer that was sent into the Middle East to support Desert Storm - I did get a promotion from the Air Force because of my great job performance - it was my last military promotion. At the end of military career I was asked to stay beyond my mandatory retirement date because the US Air Force needed my expertise - I stayed and even thought I was not going to get promoted again. My goal was to see the US Air Force do it's best. I enjoyed all the jobs the US Air Force let me do - It was a wonderful experience and I'm grateful to have the privilege to serve in the US military.
Get a union job with a written pay scale and time in grade promotions. I started my federal career in the Air Force and that trained me to understand how organizations worked. I went on to a 35 year federal career and another 10 years state. People have to get over their fragility and make decisions based the realities of the workplace.
I definitely agree, and each situation is different. For example, I was fortunately able to be promoted to an assistant department manager from the specialty role I was in prior. The issue was that I was so good at that role to where they had me doing my managerial tasks as well as that position. I was the only person they could trust to do everything effectively/correctly and we’re in no rush to hire people for that position. When they did hire someone to take over they used me as an example of someone who should be doing the job (which isn’t a bad thing), but their standards were set so high that they would fire those people shortly after, leaving me to doing the extra work again. As a result I felt burnt out, and it’s one of the many reasons why I’m quitting my job.
It can be very helpful to manage expectations and set boundaries. Obviously it's not healthy for you to be doing two jobs - no wonder why you quit... everyone lost in the situation. It feels cocky to be like, 'know the person we hire will not be as good for X amount of time,' can sometimes help other members of management know that it's going to take time. Speciality roles take forever to gain expertise on, if they want the replacement to be successful training and time is needed!
Bottom line, when you are too good, and you want a raise, here are three effective steps: 1. Look for a better job or at least one that pays more, securing an offer. 2. From your present job, Request a promotion/raise. 3. Getting what you want from the old job, will mean staying there and doing what you have always done but making more. In the case that you did not get a promotion/raise, tell them you are sorry, but you are leaving for the new job. Nothing validates asking for more money, than having someone else willing to pay that asking price.
@@pothaudio Didn't say anything about letting them know you are looking, or that you found a job offer that pays you more. All they have to know is that you want a raise. You may tell them AFTER, they rejected your request for a raise, but you don't have to.
I would add never to accept a counteroffer from current employer as that means that they could have paid you this higher wage all along, and that now they have the upper hand in the chess game knowing you may not be as loyal as they’d like.
@@snowbird7377 I agree, specially since you are getting it from somewhere else. Employers universally know, that you want more money. Ideally, the right time to negotiate your salary is when you initially get the job offer. It is very likely that you can always make more as you gain experience, but unless you change jobs let's say every four to five years, is probably money you lost with the current salary that was not adjusting for inflation. Ultimately, if you are ready to ask for a raise, you should also be ready to move on. To effectively get a raise, you have to have some leverage because whoever is deciding to promote you or not, knows your value to the company, and can sense whether you have options.
I have never been promoted for about 8 years although I am pioneer of financial technology which no one has in the world still some people who try to become my bosses do not promote me and jealous of my abilities.
As a leading innovator you are threatening to them. Now, the gotcha especially right now, is with your skill set you are essentially irreplaceable and they need to focus on retaining you. There's a few paths you could take, if I were you I'd figure out what the ideal situation would look like reverse engineer options to get there.
I'm trying being a supervisor for the season at the moment. I am honestly surprised at how so many people are in management who shouldn't be there. They lack awareness, they don't know what's going on, and they overlook so many things that have to be done. I worked with someone in management and expected him to dump years of wisdom and experience for me to just soak up and learn and I was surprised that I got the most basic information that I already knew out of it. Very anti-climactic and disappointing. If you want to get promoted you have to get noticed by the right people. Being hardworking will not get you noticed because not all bigwigs on top are hardworking, so why would they be looking at attributes they themselves don't have? You're probably just better off creating connections or buying a latte for someone in management or HR.
It's not so much that my leader won't promote me. It's that it seems I'm also being sandbagged when I attempt to move to a different area in the company, be it a promotion or a lateral. Now that really is unethical in my book.
I had the same happen to me recently. Funny that the company openly says they want to keep talent and "talk to your manager" about moving to other area's of the business and yet when I did so, the managers told me that I needed to go seek the opportunity to transfer myself. Realising I didn't like the other leaders, I decided to quit. HR add's me on linkedin for some strange reason. Why would my HR person want to add me after I decide to quit? Hmm. It would take a huge pay raise to get me to stay with an unethical company.
@@TheSupervillain316 too good to promote. One thing that can really help make the shift is to focus on relationship development and UAQ flexing to manager you want to work for / person you would report to. It's not in your manager's best interest to promote you, and they can't see beyond that (and how eventually you'll leave and that hurts the company). The more you can remove them from decision-making authority the better (in a way that won't create conflict, obvs).
@@SurpriseMeJT they're probably adding you to see where you go (hopefully it will inform them to create better employee experience). That my speculative opinion at least.
I fully agree this is how it happened for me. I never get promoted internally. I think it is because think of it this way. If you are doing a great job and your boss promotes you in a higher position, then they would need to hire 2 people technically(1 to do your old job and you into your new job). Instead of 1. This is why imo It's easier to get hired externally. They prefer to have 1 new person at the moment instead of 2.
I would like to add to be careful about accepting a lateral position and thinking it means career growth. It can mean more growth if you are learning new skills, but if it’s the same job in a different department then you have to ask yourself if it’s worth it especially if you like what you are doing. Unless you are taking a lateral to leave a bad situation, you should always inquire about growth and promotional opportunities. I made the mistake of trusting that they would do the right thing and it was very obvious to me that the promotional dollars were going to the perceived superstars and no recognition would come my way for administrative task work. Heck yes I got out of that situation and lesson learned.
If you are good (or the best) at your job, you will never get promoted. It makes zero financial sense for a corporation to lose it's fastest/best grunt worker or producer and then having to replace them with a new hire who is slow af and needs trained. They only care about profit margins, and they make the most keeping the best workers at the bottom, working the hardest, for the least amount of money. Minimum wage DESERVES minimum effort. Don't bust your a$$ for a company who doesn't value you (if they did, they'd pay you what you are worth) or refuses to promote you.
When they give me more work at my job I dont accept it. I know whats going on. When they want to try to make me learn more depts.. I refuse . I told my supervisor flat out they dont pay more so I dont want to do it. He comes back and says if I learn more depts i can get about a 50 cent raise... I laughed at him and said no. Raises to companies now are complete jokes and they think pennies will influence us. Its maddening.
Favorites were chosen over me the majority but like every job I had, I'll give myself a raise one way or another. Just know how your occupation system works and it can be done.
🤦♀️ Good grief! I am totally the first one. I have left jobs and been replaced by two. I am the one counted upon to be detailed, accurate, solve problems, take on the tough challenges, be available to everyone to help solve their problems. Has it gotten me anywhere?? Well, you already know the answer is no.
Some do. Some don't. Often a promotion isn't on the table for the first year at a job, at which point you have established yourself and the sunken cost fallacy can come into play. In addition, many are deceived and let to believe it will happen "soon."
High performer is often still replaceable. It is not fun or fair but some skills are worth more than others. If you are a high performer doctor you have way more negotiation power than a high performer office manager. High performer is not enough to assess ones market value, you need to know the profession, sub profession, market demand, market bias (sorry but it determines a lot sadly) and how the specific industry works.
I don't quit and move on because I'm very near retirement and will get a good pension when the final day ends. I just accepted my fate and started being like the guy in the movie 'Office Space'; I do the work the bosses want done while slacking off on the lower-priority stuff. Works great, less stress, and now I'm just waiting for the whole thing to collapse as the freshly-minted MBAs implement the latest in management theories to "improve" internal operations versus dealing with constantly improving customer interactions.
Being a top performer worked against me. I’m at a place that the commissions the highest in my industry. I’m just collecting as much as I can knowing my time is limited. It’s a very toxic environment and managment is clueless. The lazy chads are get getting promoted. I’ve been passed for promotions several times and given bad reviews by my boss when I complained to him after being the top performer on his entire team. He was clearly intimated by me and tried everything to undermine me. I consistently preformed well month after month and he said “there is no value of a top performer unless I’m able to share to help others on the team” after that I’ve cut back a bit and have been questioned about it. They will fire me once I stop producing like before. I will be looking for another opportunity if I find something that pays close to or more then what I’m making.
@@totochanel2251 I found a better place however took a pay cut. I do get better benefits and less stress to make up for it. The jobs are out there but it takes time to find the good ones. Thales for asking
I’ve been passed promotions twice during the year and I always get a feeling it’s because I’m one of the fews that’s speak English. If I’d get promoted who would take the English calls 🤷🏻♀️ but I get served the bs that I don’t seem to want the job enough. In the meantime, people that were promoted weren’t qualified and didn’t speak English 🧐 I once talked about it with a former supervisor to say I wouldn’t take English calls anymore. I got the answer that I would look as if I’m not a team player, that it would look best and make me irreplaceable (ahem) to continue with the English calls. Oh well. Maybe it’s time to trust my first opinion. Thank you Jennifer.
I worked hard and they did promote me... only by name and one dollar per hour more. And instead of me doing the job of 2 people, they gave me the job of 3 people... while getting none of the respect and power of decision of a manager. And my supervisor "Chad" was getting all the credit. FML.
I was hired as an entry level and two men were hired a couple months after me same position. When it came to a promotion after 2 years I found out that those two men were "secretly promoted" months before me. The reason for the delay from what I found out was that upper managememt was arguing because they all wanted me on their team and it delayed my promotion for several months. I am pretty angry about that- why keep the other promotions a secret? Oh cause they were afraid I would ask for one and leave 😒
Usually co-workers that complain a lot about their tasks and how stressed they are get promoted …less work more talking😂I am learning from the best slowly but surely. Some people react to their normal work responsibilities like they are making everyone a favour ..Now I don’t mind that because I am doing it myself and it works😂 I update my manager about every little inconvenience making it look like a big deal, telling him how much time something took me and how difficult it was! And actually I am realising how important that is. Sometimes you should show people your own effort instead of waiting for them to notice!
Thank you for this video. As someone who has been doing the work of two full time employees for many years, and constantly gets the difficult problems dumped on me, it will come as a massive surprise to my supervisors when I resign in a few weeks. They are not expecting it and my wife has told me time and time again to resign due to dealing with extreme stress, politics, backstabbers, and passive aggressive behavior from coworkers. She mentioned that my supervisors take me for granted while they give the lazy employees more money and bigger titles each year. I saw it and did not pay attention but now I am doing something about it. No one is indispensable but it will take the group 16-18 months to figure out most of what I knew and was doing. I predict that multiple employees will be given raises to stay immediately after I leave.
I think my coworkers are jealous of me and say things to management which is impeding my career advancement. They know that I'm an above-average, exceptional worker and they hate it when customers or bosses give me praise in front of everyone. I'm 35, I feel like my best working years are passing me by with no potential for growth... what to do? Sigh!
You left out reason #1: You're not a suck-up. Only suck-ups get promoted. Competence is way down the list. "You're not a good fit" translates to "You're not a suck-up."
I am a social auditor on a team of 8 people! I asked for more responsibility for advancement in the company… the trainer for North America has told me multiple times I am recognized as one of (if not the top) auditor of our team: my work speaks for itself, I’m the account executives go-to, i do law research and revisions for our team, I train and evaluate new auditors, etc., all without the title of lead or supervisor and they cannot find a spot to promote me 🙃🙂 I can’t wait to speak to our new boss around performance review time to see what we can do lol…
I am retired now, but there is so much truth in what you are staying. Hope many, honest, hard workers, see this and benefit from it. We need them now, more than ever. Great job!
Luckily my current career path does not know term "promotion" and I am more than happy that I got out of that old "corporate ladder"-scam before it was too late.
Same thing here. I can't wait to leave my current job after years stuck with no promotion despite having excellent evaluations. My new year goal for 2022 it's to find a higher position with actual median salary.
I interviewed a few times at my last company.. was told I did great on my interview loops but always came in second. So I applied at a new company and flew through their interview like it was set on easy mode. At my HR exit interview, I was told that the promotion is mine if I stay. I didn't.
A good leader is willing to push their best team contributors to a better role within the Company (win-win). What we have today are too many "hoarder managers". They build their best team and fear having to refill your chair & retrain.
that's also because of the way the managers are @rwarded@ most of them are told to input data into the computer, data created by the team members, they look good and don't care more than that as they steal the good aspects for themselves and blame everything else on the team members. what we have is bad managers, not trained and with no skills. it reminds me of space office, the movie.
I personally don't have time for these dynamics. I have 2 goal at a job: Setting myself up for the next job and setting myself up for my jobs after that. So that means I don't care about performance or doing what my boss wants. I never stay at a job longer than 2 years and I only accept offers that are a 25%+ net pay raise (the value of benefits factored in). 1) I focus on things that I can advertise to future employers 2) Networking I have a THICK resume with excellent selling points and a network spanning the country (I move cities each time I change jobs). Your job isn't your job. Your job is increasing your value. What you are "paid to do" is largely irrelevant and just needs to be adequate not to get terminated
Thank you for proving, hard work, honesty, respect and having good morals won’t get u to the top… being a ruthless, tyrant & bully will ALWAYS get u up!!
At a place I worked at a girl got driven out of there through bullying and the bullies got rewarded by getting promoted as well which showed how the place is rotten to the core! I made the right decision in leaving that place!
Years ago I had a confrontation with one of the senior managers and had said you have no intention of promoting me have you after they had said I was a valuable member of the team and he had gone quiet and I had said go on be honest as I most certainly am and couldn't answer as what I said was true! Actions show intentions!
You are absolutely correct about some of the ways the 'management" views people. This is especially true in IT where skills really do make a difference. Managers are often not even able to distinguish between the huge levels of difference in talent that is obvious to senior technical staff. In normal companies they actually want to dummy down people into mediocrity. When I took my own money and started accelerating growth of my rental business I went from 2 to 28 rentals in 4 years and by 2023 adding 9 more. This is life changing and made me a multimillionaire. Go figure. No corporate red tape. I just worked through issues as I came to them. I just got let go of a large government contract that will fail again. They said they likely will bring me back. I made great money doing documentation mostly. It is obvious and almost a joke that people as you go up do not even understand the complexities of large mainframe systems that have been created over 60 years, yes over half a century. You can not even explain how complex thing are to them because they lack the capacity.
In a mediocre or poorly performing workplace competence is often perceived as a threat, and you might have to put energy in fending all kinds of aggressions and traps. In particular when it outshines the norm. Never forget your value and keep learning. Don't debase yourself. Much of your wellbeing, growth, happiness and success revolves around you surrounding yourself with the right people. If you chose to stay in a dysfuntional environment for some reason, cultivating a stoic mentality without sacrificing your soul can be helpful. Or you disengaging and invest your freetime to a greater reward. Withdraw a bit and create a reminding vacuum.
I’ve been stuck ever since I was wrongfully terminated from my dream position. I even created my own job within my job. I deserved to move up however, my boss hated me and did everything to hold me back. To the point where it did affect my mental health. I just miss what I did bc I was great at it! My coworkers loved me. My boss just hated me. I was never disrespectful. I was her MVP that she didn’t value me. I think she was mad that I didn’t need her to do my job. Plus she hated the fact that my coworkers came to me for help before her.
I'm so sorry you went through this.. It's horrible when a bad boss takes their insecurity and fear to this level. Your next step is going to be a huge step up just to not have to deal with that toxic boss. I'm cheering for you.
Yeah, there's a lot of ego garbage that muddies up the whole atmosphere. Run, don't walk. Make life better for you. Don't place anything before your own health. You don't need to wish them ill, but you're sure as heck not going to compromise your well-being to wend your way through their political crapo.
Employers will not care about employees. When employees resign, the wealth generated still remains in the company, for the owners to enjoy. So it is not really essential to take care of us employees because these bosses care about income. They just think we are replaceable.
This is why I am working ony cyber security degree. Head of Quality at C@t and making less than 20/hr. Very much done with supply chain. I moved from TL to the Office and they needed to hire 3 TL's to replace me. People might be "irreplaceable" but they aren't being paid according to their value....even on a wholesale level.
Top performers here (sales) I contribute 2.5 times the average rep on my team . I was told I didn’t get the promotion bc “lack of experience “ yet they hired someone who just graduated from college who was hired 2 months before me. I have 10years of relevant work experience. Between being a minority and being a high performer I’ve given up on being promoted.
I've learned over my years of working to never give 100 percent at work. I only give 50 percent now. When I give 60 percent they really love me and at 70 percent they want to promote me. Worked at a job giving 100 percent and they loved me and my hard work and kept looking right over me for every promotion. Left the job and started a new strategy and it's been great. Now whenever I want more money if my job doesn't give me a promotion, i just go for a new job. Don't even waste time arguing, just leave
I agree. I work in a convenience store 3rd shift and have for 3 years now. Started at 10 bucks and now I'm 13. I'm actively applying for my cdl license to be a trucker.
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Staying with one company does have benefits like pto balances ect.
I concur. I use exactly the same approach.
First things first here from someone who has worked for a long time: no ONE is indispensable, you can be replaced. Having said this, she is right, when I left a certain job, it took 2 people to replace me AND they had to pay a Manager 10K bonus to not quit because the work I was doing there was tricky and had a lot of tough personalities involved. Staying in a job for longer than 5 years without any movement or opportunities to move on and grow within a company is a BIG red flag.
Two people AND an bonus so the manager wouldn't walk too!? This shows me their employee success team was failing, they should have been advancing you and making sure you were getting exactly what you wanted from your career.
Depends which industry..
I agree with Hanna. It does depend on the industry. When I was working at a brokerage firm the folks at the trade desk were exactly where they always wanted to be. Moving between the different types such as fixed income or options would have been more of a lateral move. No opportunities in 5 years definitely sounds horrible though.
Sometimes you have to insert yourself into the projects or ask around if anyone needs help. People notice those things. Surprisingly a lot of folks in corporate just want to collect that comfy check and do the bare minimum. Don’t be that person.
@@robbytherob nothing wrong with staying in a position if the pay keeps steadily increases. looking for new projects and work again sounds great unless it comes on top of existing work. i suggest being the person who does the work they are hired for OR the new work they want to do NOT BOTH. Don't be the fool who takes on 2 or more jobs in effort to "move up". if thats not how its gonna work at current employer, find the work or project you want to do at a new employer. your pay will be at market rate while workload will be the same or even less. sorry but your suggestion sounds exhausting. remember employer wants the most work for least pay and you want the opposite. do whats best for you.
@@asadb1990 Sorry but I respectfully disagree with you. It may sound exhausting to you but not to others. I guess my advise goes to the folks that don't have project management skills or never worked on an important project before. As a manager, why would I volunteer someone to work on a project that has no experience? If you are someone that is hungry and wants to move up, a good way to showcase your commitment to the firm is by volunteering yourself to help out in any capacity with the project.
Maybe I am speaking from personal experience, but the way I managed to move up was by inserting myself into projects early on when I had no project experience. By my 4th or 5th contract role, I had a laundry list of projects I worked on and became the right man at the right time for the job. I would have never built that experience if I didn't go above and beyond during my early days.
A coworker at my last job got bypassed for a promotion because she was everything you described: a top performer, knew all the answers, worked long hours, and very likable and agreeable to work with. Instead they hired someone externally for the position and he would leave work early, claim OT, and never learned a thing. Karma is real.
What I've learned in my years in the business world is that the harder that you work, the more & more & more they expect you to do & if you don't produce more, you are then blacklisted or fired.
For years I did 150% of the work and they just gave me and my teem more to do every year. It came to be that Im still doing the same amount of work but the expectation is now that if we dont do 150% than your are not good anymore. Then they start to call you in for talks of why is it that you dont perform as is expected and made the work so stressfull that many are leaving and new people that come to work stay for 2-3 months and then leave. Great work menagment, great work.
Private security works like that. 90% of contract firms are awful 🤦🏽♂️. Poorly run, hire sub-par staff. I've lived in Florida, 2000. In the last 10+ years security 🚔 has gone WAY down. ⬇️ .
This is true I’ve lived it
SO TRUE!!!
My husband got black listed this year , the only company that would hire was Walmart because he made boss man look bad and he didn't want to pay unemployment.. hes a skilled electrician.. and either he has a 8 month work gap or hes a sloppy , unprofessional, terrible worker .. he was really trying to leave the right way and boss man layed him off and really tried to push him to lose his temper on purpose and he never did and despite the other workers are on his side they can not defend him because they'll risk the same penalty.
I wish companies just understood how dangerous it is to not promote employees or give employees raises. The minute that employee feels undervalued even after years of work they will likely leave. It does not help you to keep training new people. Find ways to value the employees you have.
Companies do this so they can pay less money to someone else to do job. They don't even care about the employees anymore
@@LTGDSP I remember reading a 1970s National Geographic Magazine regarding computers. The President of IBM told the real reason of the success of IBM is that HE HIRES AND PROMOTES PEOPLE BETTER AND MORE INTELLIGENT THAN HIM! He cares not about office politics getting in the way or getting involved into the system. All he wants is to make the company A GREAT COMPANY, no personalities involved! Unfortunately that is not true in todays world anymore. One can only imagine on how many companies never got that boosting breakthrough because their own people got involved in office politics and getting personalities involved will astound you.
@@LTGDSP These companies doing such things are short sighted companies. You own a company and invest in people (spending money to train them and paying them salaries) and once they acquired TONS of experience in doing the job efficiently and effectively you fire them once they reached seniority or about reaching retirement age? THAT IS SHEER STUPIDITY AND SHEER WASTE OF COMPANY MONEY!
This happened to me. The company hired a someone to be the middle man between the leads and us, that supervisor has no idea about the software we use or the projects we have been working on. He has spent 3 months trying to catch up and still asking me "how do you use this and that". I think it would have been cheaper for the company to up my salary and promote me, but nah they rather bring in someone that so far has needed almost 3 months of onboarding. I sometimes thing the leadership at a company is clueless.
@@LTGDSP it's funny because it costs them more.
I am literally on the way out from this situation. After working 6 years in the same company with promises of promotion, there was an opening in a function a little bit higher on the ladder. My boss literally told me he won't promote me because he has a very hard time replacing me. So I made my conclusion and gave in my two months (yeah I live in Belgium so it's a bit longer) and starting at a new company in february. Fuck him and this bs company
You didn't happen to work for a wire manufacturing company, did you?
When you say promotion what do you mean? Job title (which may lead to different duties) or Money or both job title and money (raise) ?
He wont promote you right? Cause your work is excellent the minimum you should do is ask for a raise, if he said no, bye bye,.
@@marcusd6096 both
Fck two months notice even in Belgium
I had a friend who had an expression, "you know what you become when you're the best ditch digger?... The best ditch digger."
Yes!! This!!!
As someone who just left a 35 year career in an executive position, my advice is: go find your happiness in life! Escape from the handcuffs of the corporation where even if you think you’re making good money, the truth is, you’re making them way more than they will ever pay you. You’re a cog in the wheel most likely living above your means a d trapping yourself to work forever. Get out while your young enough to enjoy life
This thought crosses my mind all the time, but the burning question - what exactly would I do? The door to my passion and dream has long been closed. I have other interests, but nothing I think I could make a living on. Thus I keep learning and building skills in what I do and it just further entrenches me.
@@JP-jn2yx the mistake I made was underestimating my worth. Keep moving forward on your you tube hustle. Find a way to market your channel more effectively. Have your resume professionally done to find a company that will value you and that doesn’t work you to death. If I could do it again, I would downsize if I had to in order to work less and enjoy more
U are so right its true. Corporate is full of nonsense and its not worth your life. I did Corporate for 15 Years and the stress, long hours, being fake to get ahead, the extra work they want and networking is nonsense. Listen to this person people and get out asap no matter what age your at.
The reason why most managers and supervisors get to where their are is because they don't perform and think outside the box. They conform and obey and be a yes man. That is why people with a free mind do poor in the corporate world. Also most of them have a huge ego and that is why they fire all the free thinkers and keep all the sheep.
and in turn they wanna hire 'innovative, creative' subordinates to help them with their work.. ridiculous!
You’re not wrong. But, in many cases, that only gets you so far. Eventually, even the competition to kiss the most surface area of your boss’s butt becomes fierce.
I remember being frustrated seeing less qualified people excel and reach/pass me based on brown nosing. Only one of them that I know of has made it to the top. The rest of them stalled in middle management. I’m sure they want more. But, they don’t know how to get it.
My last experience.
Top performers in my industry don't always get promoted. The folks that play politics are the ones that do. Also folks that aren't threatening to the boss.
Yep, very true.
This video is spot on and so important. Please don't assume that your manager has your best interest in your career. I've been in the workforce for 25 years and am just now learning this lesson. The reason is that I've always strived to help people and mistakenly assumed that others were the same. While many are helpful, many others are not. The workforce is wrought with insecure saboteurs who will not only not help you but go out of their way to sabotage you.
They never ever have your best interests at heart .
I just quit my job bc we are severely understaffed and they worked me to the point of physical exhaustion. I always stayed late to help out or pick up a shift when a coworker or manager is sick. Well one day I told my manager I need to go home bc I feel like I’m about to faint. She told me to find coverage bc they are short staffed. I had an anxiety attack and fainted. . . . . They are about to be REAL short staffed now. One of me is 3 people/jobs. I say this to say…just bc you help people don’t mean they’ll help you…
At a former job, I really wanted to move up from data entry to program specialist, which involved talking to patients. Data is technically the hardest part, and I did my job well, and the boss hoped another "me" would come along to take my place. Never happened, and people I trained started moving up, even though they didn't grasp data entry as well as I did. The final straw for me was when I found out I'd be teaching a whole group of new recruits data entry, but then they would learn from someone else the program specialist position. So not only were they getting the job I wanted, I was training people that were going to make more than me. Granted, I now have a job relevant to my college degree like I always wanted, but that experience was so heartbreaking.
There's a sucker born every minute.
They probably could tell you wanted a job relevant to your college degree and preparing to let you move on.
@@marcusd6096 BS. They wanted to squeeze him like a lemon so he would keep try harder foe the same amount of money while training others who wouldn t be so skilled in what he was doing. The wanted him to stay put like a good dog that is not allowed in the house
@@potatoe83bong9 it could be that too. Same thing happened to my mother when she was working at the Pentagon. She was training people to do the job that she wanted and was already qualified for, and they let her go when she was done training them. Except the people she trained made less than what she would've made if she had got the position. The Gov was slowly getting rid of the higher earning folks, with great benefit packages to let in some folks who would do the same job for less money, and not so great benefit packages.
What I've noticed in all my DECADES of work, is those who get others fired get promoted EVERY SINGLE TIME.
The only people who get promoted are the ones that the boss has a soft heart for and also fantasize sleeping with.
Where ever I go, I always stuck with tasks that no one wants to do, less visible yet critical tasks. Even if I get visible project, Chad always manage get himself involved at the last minute and takes the credit.
This is something I've been thinking about for a long time.
Those who get promoted are NOT the ones who get things done.
Because, if they get promoted, then who will get things done in their place?
People who detect and underline problems or critical situations are usually the ones who get a career advance.
So if you want to climb the corporate ladder, speak out what the big problems are, but never ever try to solve them.
That's how you get raises basically too. Been with my company over 10 years and they been begging me to promote myself but I've respectfully declined. I'll get a raise but I know it won't be the raise I want to see for that position with it having more responsibility.
November my hours were cut, compensated then given a raise on top of it. Now my boss got fired this passed Friday which promoted me yet again and now I have to negotiate for another raise this Monday.
This may sound like a dumb question, but why never try to resolve the problems? Surely that's being useful?
@@juddie4977 İt's not dumb at all. Actually that's what a sensible work environment should encourage. Unfortunately in many cases that's not true.
@@smtuscany for me, good work ethic means that if I raise a problem that I ought to source a solution. However, I've come to realise that my manager, and hers, are weak leaders. I will definitely learn from your wisdom and experience.
I learn to never speak about a problem unless you’re going to fix it or be the one to fix it. I complain to a boss that the bathroom was a mess and he told me to do. He’s was a asshole to me before this event and basically the reason I quit that job. But then I boomerangs to another store. People quit their jobs cuz of bad managers
The only reward for hard work is more work.
amen
Jennifer, I could have really used your advice 10 years ago. I worked at a toxic workplace that never promoted me even though my work won awards, and they would give me company bonuses and awards. After 12 years, I got fed up and went back to school to get my MFA just to escape that place. Once I left I heard through the grape vine that they missed all the things I did.
Their loss
This happened to me at my last job. I was the top guy Nationwide in the company at what I did. I worked over 40 hours a week, and people I trained, along with week old employees go promoted as leads over me. When I asked how did that happen, because it was the ELEPHANT in the building, management gave an excuse like we really like what you do, we just don't fill now is the time for you to take this kind of position. People quit, and took extended leaves and me (prior to me wising up) came in everyday, never late and worked 10+ hours shifts daily. I did everything in each department. Then I wanted to transfer to another location due to it being closer to me. They responded with the grass is always greener on the other side. I trained the employees in 3 different departments for 3 separate locations. I know all this too well. Overbooked and overlooked.
My boss had no degree or experience when he got his job. He brown nosed his way there. I could not advance at all because I ended up having more education (BA) and experience than him. I was the biggest threat to him. I would leapfrog him for any promotions.
I agree with you 100%. And no amount of skills, self improvement or hard work can ever overcome a toxic culture. I have wasted my whole career trying to overcome nepotism and cronyism, only to see much less qualified ALWAYS get the promotion. And don’t ever bother to ask why. Those that do are labeled as “disgruntled” or “troublemakers”, and will never be told the truth anyway!
🖕the American workplace!
Another eye opening video. It's really helped me get past something from a previous employer. I finally know why people told me my manager was jealous of me. Why she always singled me out to bully me. I was a hard worker, the metrics of my job showed I was doing the job of 3 people. It never occurred to me, that she was threatened by that. Thank you. It feels so good to finally understand what happened.
The same happened to me. She got jealous and threw me under the bus.
Also, make sure you really want to be promoted. I'm a retired computer programmer and am not good with people. Decades ago, I had the opportunity to apply for my boss' job, as he was moving on. I gave it some thought at home and quickly realized: they would lose a good worker and gain a lousy manager. Lose/Lose. I like doing technical things, not dealing with people. Becoming a manager would be torture for somebody like me.
You never know unless you try maybe in the past you would of been but after all the experience you accumulated you might of been the best manager
@@CherrySplit No, at that point I had been a programmer for less than ten years and was in my late twenties. I could have learned people skills, I suppose, but why give up something I liked and was good at just for money or prestige?
I left my previous job about a year ago and later found out three people were doing my job. Since then I have been promoted twice at my current job, so this video rang very true.
My cousin is a CPA, when they tried selling the company he was part of the negotiation (he wasn't aware) when he put his 2 weeks in before the company was sold, the company started promising him money or a new title. He ended up leaving and the deal ended up falling apart.
Wow that's wild!
Sounds like your cousin messed up?
@@jointheinternet No not at all! he dodged a bullet. He got a better job at more pay in a leadership position.
@@joe7665 the old company is not smart lol If you are selling a company, they should have offered your cousin an offer, he couldn't resist and put it in writing. They should have approached your cousin as well, instead of being sneaky, and tell him the deal before hand. I know they are trying to pocket more money but shot themselves in the foot. If they where not so greedy and offered your cousin an offer, he can't not refuse, the deal could have happened. An example is, if they selling the company for 5 million dollars, offer the cousin $300,000 for 6 months, max offer $500,000 for 6 months.
@@fearless6947 I agree 100%
but that's what business owners do, Try to capitalize on every situation.
True, had people around me getting promoted and never received one and they all dumped their work on me. I just stopped doing it.
I was bypassed for a promotion at my last employer because it would have hastened my departure to a different department. I was given a pay raise though without assuming the additional responsibilities so 🤷 - I was fiscally rewarded & that's what matters to more then a title. Have a Great day Jennifer 😀
Getting the pay bump without the extra headaches ain't a bad thing! Thanks for watching and sharing your experience today, David!
I feel the title would have gone a long way too because then you are able to carry that some where else with the job description that comes with it.
Seems like a win win.
It is not like they ignored your contribution and I like that they were honest, that way everyone knows where they stand and can talk about the best way forward that makes everyone win instead of just making you think and feel you are unvalued just so they can use you..
I like what they did with you, it seems fair to me and you seem happy
Never dismiss the importance of a title. When it’s time to move up, potential employers look at titles to “prove” advancement.
It seems stupid because it is. But, that doesn’t make it not important.
@@jaycol21 I totally agree with you.
I think job titles are BS (and in my experience they are), but there an indicator for future jobs and are used as evidence of growth.
I can relate to the first point completely. In my current job, I was passed over for promotion twice giving some stupid reasons. And now that I have given my notice, my company has hired 4 different people to replace me. They are now asking me to increase my notice period to train these new recruits before I leave.
@The Sheep Look Up Thanks for the advise. That is what I have done currently. However, my boss has says he can give me a concrete reply only post the holidays are over. In fact most of the new resources are joining in the first week on Jan 2022.
@@sapta21 thats not enough notice, you have other responsibilities that require a notice period
@@mmmmmmmmmmm10 My 4 weeks are up already. By end of January 2022, I would have given like 80 days of notice.
Sorry sapta21 i release my reply was worded poorly. I meant to say that the boss should give u more notice if he wants u to train the new staff, rather than after the holidays which would be like a few days notice. Apologies for the confusion.
@@mmmmmmmmmmm10 Thanks for clarifying. I get your point now. Thanks for commenting 🙂
4 missed promotions and counting... I'm looking at competitors at this point. Not gonna waste my time any further.
Politics gets promoted! She is so right! I have been denied so many promotions due to politics.
I hated office politics. I’m still not a fan. But, learning to play the game got my career moving.
I figure I’m maybe 4-5 years out from the C-Suite. But, looking back on some of the enormous opportunities I fumbled hard, I would already be there now if I’d known the game sooner.
Yes it's all about if your mug fits at a place!
This happened to me for 3 years at my last job. I thought it was racism, but I see two categories of why this was happening. I'm working smarter this time. Thanks. Sharing this!
@Luke Monsensey we have to worry about bigots everywhere. That's our reality. "You people" LMAO
@Luke Monsensey you proved mine TOO. I'm not a fish on your hook, I just don't mind speaking up against any racist gaslighter. You flatter yourself when you called that an "art." You wanted a reaction, and I didn't mind giving it to you. It was my pleasure. The ones that pretend racism is all in our heads when it clearly isn't. And you proved that point. So thank you for that. You found a Black woman to talk to like that because you're an Internet troll and the only place you can talk like that IS on the internet. Because you're a coward. I don't mind speaking towards that. I'm getting my rocks off just like you're getting YOURS off, so..... LOL
Luke's comments did not get picked up by UA-cam's filters, and I'm sorry they were up for a day. I do my best to block people like that. Racism and the like ain't welcome around here.
@@JenniferBrick I wasn't bothered by it. And I didn't take the bait.
@johan 2 When they need to screw somebody over they could care less about your race.
I worked at an animal shelter for 16 years. I had a great connection with the animals and trained the new people because of my “attention to detail” and my knowledge and experience. They kept throwing new projects at me with no time to work on them. I finally quit January 2020 after crying every day on the ride home. Like I’ve heard a few times- you don’t quit the company you quit the management.
This is a gem! I wished I had discovered these 5 years ago. I wouldn't have left a corporate job. But, the blessing is that now as a self-employed, I now have more control over my "promotion". It's a totally different set of challenges altogether.
yeah my boss was a boomer who was always calling me to help him with ms word, ms project, excel, etc. i even practically did all the annoying and tedious work for him. but for more money and promotion, i was never ready. apparently, he hinted the method to a promotion was putting in unpaid overtime and being a "go-getter" or lowkey take up more work so im always at work. he was a 6a-6p kind of worker and he insisted i do that. i didn't get fooled. so he laid me off and i got my promotion elsewhere. i met a former co-worker and he was shocked i amounted to anything. in my mind, i said fu
Antiquated beliefs. More work doesn't mean more success. So glad you got out and got the promotion you deserve!
@@JenniferBrick yeah i met a colleague with whom i was now an equal but he was so rude and unprofessional after meeting him months after i left. i did all the hard time consuming work for this individual. i work in construction and i did the analytical work and he did the generic form reports which were all premade by employer for decades and just needed to be updated with a few lines. but whatever, now i realize why i rarely met anyone at the company outside work even though we all lived nearby. i left at 5p and most were working late and coming in early.
best way to get ahead: to change companies, relatively often!
In this situation, which actually happened to me, I quit. I mean I put in my two weeks notice under the lie that I received a job offer from another company with higher pay. I put the two weeks notice in on Monday, and by Tuesday they begged me to stay and gave me a raise and a promotion.
This is why I hate office structures. Building an empire? Being outpaced? If you have to compete against your coworker for a promotion then your team has already failed.
So true… I’m never getting that manager promotion cause I’m the only people doing the actual work in the team
"If working hard gets you promoted, show me a rich donkey."
That's a load of crud that hard work gets you promoted!
I always promoted myself and know my value. I never needed to have a boss to tell me how valuable I am in order to get promoted. I would let them know I am looking to grow and if they don't have a room, then I leave where there is. There are plenty of companies would hire you for that promotion that you want especially in NY. 😉
I like that. You always have to know your worth.
@@DannyWalker247
I couldn't have put it better.
I came across a podcast recently “you don’t deserve a promotion.” The argument is that promotion is decided not earned. Behind every promotion, there is a succession plan from the organization standpoint. The decision if one get promoted or not may depend on factors totally beyond the control of the employee being decided.
People who best integrate themselves into the corporate structure - who laugh with coworkers - who attend events usually get promoted faster.
Slacker Chad is a man who got into management without merit because he is related or good friends with upper management. Managers are told what's the most important things to do, and they can delegate/pass off work to other people. I wish Jennifer explained that. Chad is not an entry level employee who has the very difficult mission of getting his boss to trust him with the important tasks. Only trusted employees & middle managers are kept in the loop, know what the boss wants done the most and values. The rest of us are just peasants doing the dirty work. It can be possible to rise to management, but you will have a lot harder time than someone who got the management job because they're good friends with VIPs. It may take you years and the unfair treatment will disgust you. If that doesn't bother you, just do your time and work only for a paycheck. The old saying: "It's not what you know, it's who you know!"
If Im serving my notice because I got shortchanged on promotion dont act surprised if the ones hired to replace me dont know or cant perform.
My hand over and briefings will strictly be exactly what I got when I took over on my first day and not a sentence more.
Everything else that I learned, figured, implemented, innitiated and did walks out with me.
The best way to advance your career is to leave. I learned that the hard way after getting TWO promotions and not getting the promised raises that were supposed to go along side those promotions. If you really want to move up, job hop.
Learning about this video, helps me to learn more about my unprofessional supervisor who decides to keep only one maintenance employee rather than 2 - 3 for a long time proves he was not ready to be a facilities director while he has no backbone for not showing fear and act like a dictator.
Wish Id learned this long ago. My former job I was doing management work for minimum wage. My boss and store manager wouldn’t allow me to promote as they could not afford to lose me. Got a better paying job at another company and all of a sudden the egomaniac store manager offered me the position. These scumbags will always do whatever it takes to keep you down at the lowest pay rate for doing the most work. There were at least 3 other people (who eventually followed my lead and quit) that were in the same boat. To this day he still wonders why nobody wants to stay with the company and be underpaid, overworked, and under appreciated.
All they had to do was give me the $20/hr for the work I was doing and the set schedule I wanted and I would’ve stayed. Fuck that 5 letter company and I feel bad for all who work there.
Thanks a milion for this. Why haven't I discovered your videos earlier..
When I quit my previous company I was literally replaced by 2 people. And now I understand now what happened!
Will I'm glad you found my channel now at least!
I was in the Army as a software developer, and I was good at my job. One day I got orders to go to Japan. I was so so happy. If I could have picked anywhere in the world to get stationed this would have been my dream location.
Then the colonel of the base where I was currently stationed had my orders cancel because I was "mission essential." Sometimes being too good at your job will screw you over.
I'm a workaholic and in one of my Engineering jobs - My bosses wanted me off the team because I made him look bad - Program Management and the Customer used slides I prepared on my own time to determine the state of the program - So I left to work for another company and the project fell apart! To be fair the project was doomed because the Chief Engineer did not hire a Parts Manager to track the aircraft parts and they were not able to put the plane back together!
In another job I replace 2 senior officers at the Pentagon and another senior officer that was sent into the Middle East to support Desert Storm - I did get a promotion from the Air Force because of my great job performance - it was my last military promotion. At the end of military career I was asked to stay beyond my mandatory retirement date because the US Air Force needed my expertise - I stayed and even thought I was not going to get promoted again. My goal was to see the US Air Force do it's best. I enjoyed all the jobs the US Air Force let me do - It was a wonderful experience and I'm grateful to have the privilege to serve in the US military.
Get a union job with a written pay scale and time in grade promotions. I started my federal career in the Air Force and that trained me to understand how organizations worked. I went on to a 35 year federal career and another 10 years state. People have to get over their fragility and make decisions based the realities of the workplace.
I definitely agree, and each situation is different. For example, I was fortunately able to be promoted to an assistant department manager from the specialty role I was in prior. The issue was that I was so good at that role to where they had me doing my managerial tasks as well as that position. I was the only person they could trust to do everything effectively/correctly and we’re in no rush to hire people for that position. When they did hire someone to take over they used me as an example of someone who should be doing the job (which isn’t a bad thing), but their standards were set so high that they would fire those people shortly after, leaving me to doing the extra work again. As a result I felt burnt out, and it’s one of the many reasons why I’m quitting my job.
It can be very helpful to manage expectations and set boundaries. Obviously it's not healthy for you to be doing two jobs - no wonder why you quit... everyone lost in the situation. It feels cocky to be like, 'know the person we hire will not be as good for X amount of time,' can sometimes help other members of management know that it's going to take time. Speciality roles take forever to gain expertise on, if they want the replacement to be successful training and time is needed!
Bottom line, when you are too good, and you want a raise, here are three effective steps: 1. Look for a better job or at least one that pays more, securing an offer. 2. From your present job, Request a promotion/raise. 3. Getting what you want from the old job, will mean staying there and doing what you have always done but making more. In the case that you did not get a promotion/raise, tell them you are sorry, but you are leaving for the new job. Nothing validates asking for more money, than having someone else willing to pay that asking price.
Disagree. Don’t let them know you’re looking unless you’re quitting. The counterplay rarely works out
@@pothaudio Didn't say anything about letting them know you are looking, or that you found a job offer that pays you more. All they have to know is that you want a raise. You may tell them AFTER, they rejected your request for a raise, but you don't have to.
I would add never to accept a counteroffer from current employer as that means that they could have paid you this higher wage all along, and that now they have the upper hand in the chess game knowing you may not be as loyal as they’d like.
@@snowbird7377 I agree, specially since you are getting it from somewhere else. Employers universally know, that you want more money. Ideally, the right time to negotiate your salary is when you initially get the job offer. It is very likely that you can always make more as you gain experience, but unless you change jobs let's say every four to five years, is probably money you lost with the current salary that was not adjusting for inflation. Ultimately, if you are ready to ask for a raise, you should also be ready to move on. To effectively get a raise, you have to have some leverage because whoever is deciding to promote you or not, knows your value to the company, and can sense whether you have options.
You gave excellent advice, and i might recommend doing that process every three years...
I have never been promoted for about 8 years although I am pioneer of financial technology which no one has in the world still some people who try to become my bosses do not promote me and jealous of my abilities.
As a leading innovator you are threatening to them. Now, the gotcha especially right now, is with your skill set you are essentially irreplaceable and they need to focus on retaining you. There's a few paths you could take, if I were you I'd figure out what the ideal situation would look like reverse engineer options to get there.
I'm trying being a supervisor for the season at the moment. I am honestly surprised at how so many people are in management who shouldn't be there. They lack awareness, they don't know what's going on, and they overlook so many things that have to be done. I worked with someone in management and expected him to dump years of wisdom and experience for me to just soak up and learn and I was surprised that I got the most basic information that I already knew out of it. Very anti-climactic and disappointing. If you want to get promoted you have to get noticed by the right people. Being hardworking will not get you noticed because not all bigwigs on top are hardworking, so why would they be looking at attributes they themselves don't have? You're probably just better off creating connections or buying a latte for someone in management or HR.
It's not so much that my leader won't promote me. It's that it seems I'm also being sandbagged when I attempt to move to a different area in the company, be it a promotion or a lateral. Now that really is unethical in my book.
You're in the too go to lose category.
@@JenniferBrick quite the paradox.. too good to lose but not good enough to promote
I had the same happen to me recently. Funny that the company openly says they want to keep talent and "talk to your manager" about moving to other area's of the business and yet when I did so, the managers told me that I needed to go seek the opportunity to transfer myself. Realising I didn't like the other leaders, I decided to quit. HR add's me on linkedin for some strange reason. Why would my HR person want to add me after I decide to quit? Hmm. It would take a huge pay raise to get me to stay with an unethical company.
@@TheSupervillain316 too good to promote.
One thing that can really help make the shift is to focus on relationship development and UAQ flexing to manager you want to work for / person you would report to. It's not in your manager's best interest to promote you, and they can't see beyond that (and how eventually you'll leave and that hurts the company). The more you can remove them from decision-making authority the better (in a way that won't create conflict, obvs).
@@SurpriseMeJT they're probably adding you to see where you go (hopefully it will inform them to create better employee experience). That my speculative opinion at least.
I fully agree this is how it happened for me. I never get promoted internally. I think it is because think of it this way. If you are doing a great job and your boss promotes you in a higher position, then they would need to hire 2 people technically(1 to do your old job and you into your new job). Instead of 1. This is why imo It's easier to get hired externally. They prefer to have 1 new person at the moment instead of 2.
I would like to add to be careful about accepting a lateral position and thinking it means career growth. It can mean more growth if you are learning new skills, but if it’s the same job in a different department then you have to ask yourself if it’s worth it especially if you like what you are doing. Unless you are taking a lateral to leave a bad situation, you should always inquire about growth and promotional opportunities. I made the mistake of trusting that they would do the right thing and it was very obvious to me that the promotional dollars were going to the perceived superstars and no recognition would come my way for administrative task work. Heck yes I got out of that situation and lesson learned.
If you are good (or the best) at your job, you will never get promoted. It makes zero financial sense for a corporation to lose it's fastest/best grunt worker or producer and then having to replace them with a new hire who is slow af and needs trained. They only care about profit margins, and they make the most keeping the best workers at the bottom, working the hardest, for the least amount of money. Minimum wage DESERVES minimum effort. Don't bust your a$$ for a company who doesn't value you (if they did, they'd pay you what you are worth) or refuses to promote you.
When they give me more work at my job I dont accept it. I know whats going on. When they want to try to make me learn more depts.. I refuse . I told my supervisor flat out they dont pay more so I dont want to do it. He comes back and says if I learn more depts i can get about a 50 cent raise... I laughed at him and said no. Raises to companies now are complete jokes and they think pennies will influence us. Its maddening.
Favorites were chosen over me the majority but like every job I had, I'll give myself a raise one way or another. Just know how your occupation system works and it can be done.
🤦♀️ Good grief! I am totally the first one. I have left jobs and been replaced by two. I am the one counted upon to be detailed, accurate, solve problems, take on the tough challenges, be available to everyone to help solve their problems. Has it gotten me anywhere?? Well, you already know the answer is no.
THANK YOU FOR THIS JENNIFEEEEEEER♥
This is stupid because always high performers if they don't get their promotion they will leave after few months anyways.
Some do, but most people are too scared to leave and will stay in a bad job for years and just complain.
Some do. Some don't. Often a promotion isn't on the table for the first year at a job, at which point you have established yourself and the sunken cost fallacy can come into play. In addition, many are deceived and let to believe it will happen "soon."
High performer is often still replaceable.
It is not fun or fair but some skills are worth more than others.
If you are a high performer doctor you have way more negotiation power than a high performer office manager.
High performer is not enough to assess ones market value, you need to know the profession, sub profession, market demand, market bias (sorry but it determines a lot sadly) and how the specific industry works.
If you're so good at your position in a way that nobody can ever be able to fulfil the gap , you won't be promoted .
Well said👏. Thinking a book deal is in your near future??!! 👍
Stay tuned 😀
@@JenniferBrick You go. 💪
Yes please!
And an audio book too please!
And please have you as the narrator because you are really good and so is your voice.
I don't quit and move on because I'm very near retirement and will get a good pension when the final day ends. I just accepted my fate and started being like the guy in the movie 'Office Space'; I do the work the bosses want done while slacking off on the lower-priority stuff. Works great, less stress, and now I'm just waiting for the whole thing to collapse as the freshly-minted MBAs implement the latest in management theories to "improve" internal operations versus dealing with constantly improving customer interactions.
Being a top performer worked against me. I’m at a place that the commissions the highest in my industry. I’m just collecting as much as I can knowing my time is limited. It’s a very toxic environment and managment is clueless. The lazy chads are get getting promoted. I’ve been passed for promotions several times and given bad reviews by my boss when I complained to him after being the top performer on his entire team. He was clearly intimated by me and tried everything to undermine me. I consistently preformed well month after month and he said “there is no value of a top performer unless I’m able to share to help others on the team” after that I’ve cut back a bit and have been questioned about it. They will fire me once I stop producing like before. I will be looking for another opportunity if I find something that pays close to or more then what I’m making.
How’s it going? Did you find a better place?
@@totochanel2251 I found a better place however took a pay cut. I do get better benefits and less stress to make up for it. The jobs are out there but it takes time to find the good ones. Thales for asking
I’ve been passed promotions twice during the year and I always get a feeling it’s because I’m one of the fews that’s speak English. If I’d get promoted who would take the English calls 🤷🏻♀️ but I get served the bs that I don’t seem to want the job enough. In the meantime, people that were promoted weren’t qualified and didn’t speak English 🧐 I once talked about it with a former supervisor to say I wouldn’t take English calls anymore. I got the answer that I would look as if I’m not a team player, that it would look best and make me irreplaceable (ahem) to continue with the English calls. Oh well. Maybe it’s time to trust my first opinion. Thank you Jennifer.
I worked hard and they did promote me... only by name and one dollar per hour more. And instead of me doing the job of 2 people, they gave me the job of 3 people... while getting none of the respect and power of decision of a manager. And my supervisor "Chad" was getting all the credit. FML.
I was hired as an entry level and two men were hired a couple months after me same position. When it came to a promotion after 2 years I found out that those two men were "secretly promoted" months before me. The reason for the delay from what I found out was that upper managememt was arguing because they all wanted me on their team and it delayed my promotion for several months. I am pretty angry about that- why keep the other promotions a secret? Oh cause they were afraid I would ask for one and leave 😒
Just leave
Usually co-workers that complain a lot about their tasks and how stressed they are get promoted …less work more talking😂I am learning from the best slowly but surely. Some people react to their normal work responsibilities like they are making everyone a favour ..Now I don’t mind that because I am doing it myself and it works😂 I update my manager about every little inconvenience making it look like a big deal, telling him how much time something took me and how difficult it was! And actually I am realising how important that is. Sometimes you should show people your own effort instead of waiting for them to notice!
Great video. I’ve experienced secure leadership and both insecure leadership. It’s interesting from a dynamic aspect too.
Thank you for this video. As someone who has been doing the work of two full time employees for many years, and constantly gets the difficult problems dumped on me, it will come as a massive surprise to my supervisors when I resign in a few weeks. They are not expecting it and my wife has told me time and time again to resign due to dealing with extreme stress, politics, backstabbers, and passive aggressive behavior from coworkers. She mentioned that my supervisors take me for granted while they give the lazy employees more money and bigger titles each year. I saw it and did not pay attention but now I am doing something about it. No one is indispensable but it will take the group 16-18 months to figure out most of what I knew and was doing. I predict that multiple employees will be given raises to stay immediately after I leave.
This is when you seek a new job 😊
I think my coworkers are jealous of me and say things to management which is impeding my career advancement. They know that I'm an above-average, exceptional worker and they hate it when customers or bosses give me praise in front of everyone. I'm 35, I feel like my best working years are passing me by with no potential for growth... what to do? Sigh!
You left out reason #1: You're not a suck-up. Only suck-ups get promoted. Competence is way down the list. "You're not a good fit" translates to "You're not a suck-up."
I am a social auditor on a team of 8 people! I asked for more responsibility for advancement in the company… the trainer for North America has told me multiple times I am recognized as one of (if not the top) auditor of our team: my work speaks for itself, I’m the account executives go-to, i do law research and revisions for our team, I train and evaluate new auditors, etc., all without the title of lead or supervisor and they cannot find a spot to promote me 🙃🙂 I can’t wait to speak to our new boss around performance review time to see what we can do lol…
I am retired now, but there is so much truth in what you are staying. Hope many, honest, hard workers, see this and benefit from it. We need them now, more than ever. Great job!
Luckily my current career path does not know term "promotion" and I am more than happy that I got out of that old "corporate ladder"-scam before it was too late.
Same thing here. I can't wait to leave my current job after years stuck with no promotion despite having excellent evaluations. My new year goal for 2022 it's to find a higher position with actual median salary.
I interviewed a few times at my last company.. was told I did great on my interview loops but always came in second. So I applied at a new company and flew through their interview like it was set on easy mode. At my HR exit interview, I was told that the promotion is mine if I stay. I didn't.
Conclusions? Do not grind for somebody else, change ur job often and have a plan B like going self employment. Trust me they will notice those
A good leader is willing to push their best team contributors to a better role within the Company (win-win). What we have today are too many "hoarder managers". They build their best team and fear having to refill your chair & retrain.
Totally agree with you, Jon. So much scarcity mindset, and not only is it frustrating as a team member, it hurts the company.
that's also because of the way the managers are @rwarded@ most of them are told to input data into the computer, data created by the team members, they look good and don't care more than that as they steal the good aspects for themselves and blame everything else on the team members. what we have is bad managers, not trained and with no skills. it reminds me of space office, the movie.
WHEN YOUR BOSS DOES NOT WANT TO PROMOTE YOU, KNOW THAT YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE A BOSS AND IS A SIGN YOU SHOULD QUIT AND START YOUR COMPANY.
I personally don't have time for these dynamics. I have 2 goal at a job: Setting myself up for the next job and setting myself up for my jobs after that.
So that means I don't care about performance or doing what my boss wants. I never stay at a job longer than 2 years and I only accept offers that are a 25%+ net pay raise (the value of benefits factored in).
1) I focus on things that I can advertise to future employers
2) Networking
I have a THICK resume with excellent selling points and a network spanning the country (I move cities each time I change jobs). Your job isn't your job. Your job is increasing your value. What you are "paid to do" is largely irrelevant and just needs to be adequate not to get terminated
Thank you for proving, hard work, honesty, respect and having good morals won’t get u to the top… being a ruthless, tyrant & bully will ALWAYS get u up!!
At a place I worked at a girl got driven out of there through bullying and the bullies got rewarded by getting promoted as well which showed how the place is rotten to the core!
I made the right decision in leaving that place!
Years ago I had a confrontation with one of the senior managers and had said you have no intention of promoting me have you after they had said I was a valuable member of the team and he had gone quiet and I had said go on be honest as I most certainly am and couldn't answer as what I said was true!
Actions show intentions!
Wow, glad I came across this video. You are on point! This is exactly what I have been experiencing for years!
You are absolutely correct about some of the ways the 'management" views people. This is especially true in IT where skills really do make a difference. Managers are often not even able to distinguish between the huge levels of difference in talent that is obvious to senior technical staff. In normal companies they actually want to dummy down people into mediocrity.
When I took my own money and started accelerating growth of my rental business I went from 2 to 28 rentals in 4 years and by 2023 adding 9 more. This is life changing and made me a multimillionaire. Go figure. No corporate red tape. I just worked through issues as I came to them.
I just got let go of a large government contract that will fail again. They said they likely will bring me back. I made great money doing documentation mostly. It is obvious and almost a joke that people as you go up do not even understand the complexities of large mainframe systems that have been created over 60 years, yes over half a century. You can not even explain how complex thing are to them because they lack the capacity.
In a mediocre or poorly performing workplace competence is often perceived as a threat, and you might have to put energy in fending all kinds of aggressions and traps. In particular when it outshines the norm. Never forget your value and keep learning. Don't debase yourself. Much of your wellbeing, growth, happiness and success revolves around you surrounding yourself with the right people. If you chose to stay in a dysfuntional environment for some reason, cultivating a stoic mentality without sacrificing your soul can be helpful. Or you disengaging and invest your freetime to a greater reward. Withdraw a bit and create a reminding vacuum.
I’ve been stuck ever since I was wrongfully terminated from my dream position. I even created my own job within my job. I deserved to move up however, my boss hated me and did everything to hold me back. To the point where it did affect my mental health. I just miss what I did bc I was great at it! My coworkers loved me. My boss just hated me. I was never disrespectful. I was her MVP that she didn’t value me. I think she was mad that I didn’t need her to do my job. Plus she hated the fact that my coworkers came to me for help before her.
I'm so sorry you went through this.. It's horrible when a bad boss takes their insecurity and fear to this level. Your next step is going to be a huge step up just to not have to deal with that toxic boss. I'm cheering for you.
Yeah, there's a lot of ego garbage that muddies up the whole atmosphere. Run, don't walk. Make life better for you. Don't place anything before your own health. You don't need to wish them ill, but you're sure as heck not going to compromise your well-being to wend your way through their political crapo.
Do not work over 40 hours. Period. Dont question this. Just dont do it. Spend your time wisely.
Employers will not care about employees. When employees resign, the wealth generated still remains in the company, for the owners to enjoy. So it is not really essential to take care of us employees because these bosses care about income. They just think we are replaceable.
This is why I am working ony cyber security degree.
Head of Quality at C@t and making less than 20/hr. Very much done with supply chain. I moved from TL to the Office and they needed to hire 3 TL's to replace me.
People might be "irreplaceable" but they aren't being paid according to their value....even on a wholesale level.
Something to always remember. Soldiers win war’s they always have and always will. If you truly understand what I am say then you know.
Where has your channel been my entire life ?
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Welcome new friend!
I wish i could give 2 likes to you for this one! This are tough but very true realitie.
Top performers here (sales) I contribute 2.5 times the average rep on my team . I was told I didn’t get the promotion bc “lack of experience “ yet they hired someone who just graduated from college who was hired 2 months before me. I have 10years of relevant work experience. Between being a minority and being a high performer I’ve given up on being promoted.
You have spoken my truth better than I can say it.