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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We're an international family living in DC, in a very international circle: scientists at NIH and FDA, lawyers at the World Bank and IMF. 20 years ago, my husband and I arrived fresh from foreign universities into the US :-)

I've seen none of the problems you mention, even with newly arrived hires, because we all know the system we're arriving into and the expectations of said system.

I wonder what field you're in, OP, that you're having such problems. Is your hiring process a little fuzzy, does the job description and career path need to be rewritten? A lot of job openings have a paragraph about future career paths in the company, and this could solve your problem... as in, if questions are asked, you can refer back to it.

Even if they come from countries where everyone gets promoted inexorably due to years on the job, not achievement (my father comes from such a country!), it doesn't make sense that several of your hires today would expect the same treatment in the US. No one I know has that level of ignorance. So I wonder if it isn't something to do with the way you hire and describe the work.

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Well the World Bank and NIH are not the real world.

My private company you are hired to do your job. There are no future career paths or set profession. When an opening happens you can apply and if qualified can interview and if better the external candidates can get the job.

The most common path to a big promotion at work is to quit. Get promoted elsewhere and return.

Which is how it works most places. Churn is ok.

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