Anonymous
Post 02/12/2016 09:35     Subject: I don't think I'll ever get promoted
Anonymous wrote:An update!

I had my review earlier this week, and asked what it would take to get promoted. He answered that he just needed to put the paperwork in, that he'd been concentrating on getting me high merit increased (true), but that it was well deserved and I was doing that level work, and he'd work on it immediately.

Thanks for convincing me to ask about it!


Kuddos OP! That's great!
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2016 09:31     Subject: I don't think I'll ever get promoted
Anonymous wrote:Instead of focusing on why you haven't been promoted, write a business case for why you should be promoted. Cite all of things you mentioned here but leave out the part about the co-worker. Document everything you've done, accomplished and your performance reviews; and quantify everything so they see how your work contributes to the bottom line.

Ask for what you want!!!


Thanks, but it turns out I didn't have to do any of that.

Besides, making a business case for being promoted when you don't know the standards is....not possible.
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2016 23:01     Subject: I don't think I'll ever get promoted
Instead of focusing on why you haven't been promoted, write a business case for why you should be promoted. Cite all of things you mentioned here but leave out the part about the co-worker. Document everything you've done, accomplished and your performance reviews; and quantify everything so they see how your work contributes to the bottom line.

Ask for what you want!!!
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2016 19:43     Subject: I don't think I'll ever get promoted
Congrats OP.

Closed mouths don't get feed. Glad you took the advice.