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You work hard, achieve the required indicators, you are satisfied with the management, but for some reason you are not promoted? Do not rush to give up, get upset and start looking new job. Try to understand why you are not being promoted. There are reasons that hinder the promotion of even the best employees.
1. You don't ask for a raise.
One of the common reasons why employees don't get promotions or promotions is that they simply don't ask for it. Such conversations with management scare many, and as a result, the fear of rejection or any other backlash fundamentally kills any intention to talk about promotion. Also, some employees are afraid in this way to appear too ambitious, greedy and inadequate.
Don't rely on a good boss. Actually, don't rely on anyone. If you want to move up the career ladder, talk about it.
In fact, there is nothing wrong with asking for a raise (of course, if there is something to raise you for). Moreover, it must be done. Why? Firstly, they almost never increase “automatically” for length of service. Secondly, if you do not stutter that something does not suit you and you want more, it may seem to the boss that everything is fine and there is no need to worry about your position in the company. And, thirdly, no matter how insulting it may sound, it is unprofitable for your management to promote you. Especially if you are a good responsible performer. After all, if you are promoted, then who will do everything instead of you? And looking for a new person is an extra headache.
Therefore, we repeat: everything is in your hands. Don't rely on a good boss. Actually, don't rely on anyone. If you want to move up the career ladder, talk about it.
2. You are asking incorrectly.
It often happens that an employee decides to have an “uncomfortable” conversation with the boss, but in the end the conversation ended in nothing, even if the company has the opportunity to promote a person. Why? Unfortunately, many people come to talk about promotion completely unprepared. For example, they cannot reasonably explain why they deserve to be promoted. If you just come to the boss and say what you want more money and higher position, he is unlikely to take you seriously. Moreover, you run the risk of spoiling the impression of yourself and appearing too self-confident.
Many people come in to talk about promotions completely unprepared. As a result, they are not taken seriously.
To talk about a promotion, be sure to prepare in order to sound convincing. Make a list of your achievements over the past year, collect the necessary data on the situation in the labor market (it is quite possible that your salary is already much lower than the market one) - you must operate only with supporting facts. And the more of them there are, the more freely you operate with them, the better for you.
3. You offer nothing
The fact that you did and continue to do your job well is very commendable, but not enough for a promotion. You are paid precisely for the fact that you work well, and for management this is more of a norm and a given than a reason for promotion.
Excellent performance of one's duties - for management, this is rather a norm and a given than a good reason for promotion.
To be promoted, you need to be not just a good employee, but an excellent and exceptional employee. Are you ready to expand (or maybe you are already expanding) your area of responsibility, to take on new tasks? Are you active in discussions, constantly suggesting new ideas, helping colleagues, etc.? Are you exceeding management expectations by doing more? Don't be discouraged if you don't have proof of your own distinctiveness yet. Work on yourself, take a proactive position, do not wait for external circumstances - then the boss will understand why you should pay more.
4. You are an “invisible” employee
Do you consider yourself a good employee? Probably yes. How often do you report your achievements? Are you sure that the boss is really aware of your progress? Many employees mistakenly think that managers see everything, including who works and how. But, as a rule, the bosses see only the final picture, they may not notice the rest at all and may not even know about it. Remember: it is unlikely that someone will praise and highlight you very much, except for yourself. At work, you need to not only work, but also actively engage in your own PR. It is important not only to do, but also to talk about what you are doing.
At work, you need to not only work, but also actively engage in personal PR. Accustom yourself to constantly be in the public eye and report your achievements to management.
If you want to become visible, train yourself to be constantly visible and report your achievements to management. For example, ask your boss to send you reports about your work, such as once a week or a month. This is beneficial to everyone. For you, this is a great opportunity to show that you are a valuable employee, plus, if necessary, it will be much easier for you to collect and present your achievements. As for your boss, thanks to this approach, he will always be up to date with current events and results, and he will not have to ask you himself how the work is going.
One more moment. To become noticeable, it is important to properly build your communication with colleagues. Ask for feedback, ask for advice, and help yourself if needed. Also teach them that you are a source of useful professional information. Become an expert in your field so everyone knows who to turn to for advice. Read a book, attend a conference, attend a webinar, or stumble upon interesting article? Don't be lazy - do it short summary and send it to everyone, throw a link, etc.
5. You are not adding value.
As we have already said, the employer must understand why you should offer a higher position or start paying more. Therefore, strive to constantly increase your value by expanding your skill set.
If you complain a lot, whine and criticize others, then your affairs are bad. You will automatically be considered unpleasant person.
Attend specialized courses, programs, master classes. You can also start a professional blog, start speaking at specialized events. This will not only increase your value, but also make you more visible. Plus, you can also talk about all this when you ask for a raise.
6. You complain and criticize a lot.
No matter how great, exceptional and super professional you are, if you complain, whine and criticize others a lot, then you are in a bad way. You will automatically be considered an unpleasant person. And companies promote those who can improve the work and atmosphere in the team, but not vice versa. So if you are too often indignant, and your facial expression constantly expresses displeasure - urgently correct it.
Have you ever asked for a raise?
You were working quietly and peacefully, not striving for the top of the career ladder, and suddenly you were taken aback by a promotion offer.
What to do - buy champagne and joyfully welcome a new stage in life, or brush off the appointment before it's too late?
Don't let others decide for you
In any case, don't rush. Tell your boss that you appreciate his trust, but that you want to think things through. Get ready - it won't be easy to think. Will have to make a decision on one's own.
If you succumb to weakness and run with your doubts to a friend/mother/husband/wife, well-meaning relatives will impose a superficial subjective opinion on you.
Whom it is worth talking to is the person who vacates the position offered to you. He should be asked about specific factual things - about the nature of the work, about current problems, about relationships with partners.
You need to understand the true motives for which he leaves the post. It's one thing when a specialist himself goes for promotion, and it's completely different when he wants to slip away to another company for a vacancy of a similar level.
Sometimes people give up a place, having confused things to the extreme, and the accumulated errors fall on the shoulders of an unsuspecting follower.
Forget about possible privileges for a while
By accepting the offer, you are likely to receive certain material advantages - a comfortable office, an increase in salary, a higher status in the company.
All this, of course, is good and important. But don't be tempted by the outside.
A few extra thousand a month will not bring you happiness if every day of duty turns into torture for you.
Take only the job you think interesting.
Soberly evaluate your strengths
A new position usually comes with new responsibilities. Sometimes they are radically different from the previous ones. A classic example is the transition from the position of an executing employee to the “step” of a manager.
Many high-class professionals turn out to be useless organizers. Before you take the boss's chair, ask yourself, can you:
- demand and insist on one's own;
- delegate authority;
- listen and hear others;
- be the soul of the company and inspire people,
- behave freely in public;
- easy to follow.
It may be better for you to prefer - that is, to acquire additional competencies, rather than change positions.
I'm afraid of a promotion at work, extra responsibility, just in a panic. I doubt myself. I try to increase self-esteem, but it's not so easy. How to get rid of it? And is it necessary to go to a managerial job if you don’t want to?
Leadership work- it's a double-edged sword. On the one hand, this is a big responsibility and you need to be prepared in case of force majeure to be able to do the job for your subordinates (or find a person who will help or do it). On the other hand, it is freedom. And very often you can not do what you seem to be supposed to do, but quietly shift it to subordinates (within reason, of course). You can choose a team for yourself, people who will work as you need it, and you can remove those that are inconvenient or unnecessary for you. And this is definitely a step forward in your development. Ten years ago, I also doubted myself very much, but still decided to try. It's never too late to leave if you can't do it. But regretting unused resources is a shame .......
On the one hand, I’m also afraid - because there’s real trash and brainwashing (at my work :)), and on the other hand, it’s almost not interesting at all in my position - there is practically no development, and you can learn so much and learn so much. So I’m worried, I’m offended that they don’t promote it, but I don’t go myself and don’t declare that I want to - and suddenly I can’t manage it - but of course I can handle it. I'm just afraid ... You probably have it too - and you want it and it pricks. Although ... in the last phrase you write that you don’t want to? or do you still want to? :) I am for doing what you want. In general, if you are not ready yet - do not climb on the rampage yourself and do not stick your head out, but they will offer it - so gather your courage and go ahead - they offer, then they believe. Good luck building your self esteem!
There are those who are born to be leaders. And there are ideal subordinates. I think if you understand the problem, dig deeper, you will understand that you are not one of those who need power to assert themselves. Perhaps you see yourself in a completely different business, and work is just a means for financial support. I think if they offer a promotion, you don’t need to immediately refuse, think first. And if they don’t offer it, don’t fuss to no purpose, nothing has happened yet and you shouldn’t be nervous in vain. In general, let those who really need it build a career, and you remain a good, exemplary employee who may have a lot of hobbies and goals besides work;)
Good luck to you!
Yeah, but aren't you afraid of the tyrant boss? It’s better to lead yourself than to be subordinate to narrow-minded careerists.
The key difference is: I’m afraid or I don’t want to. If you really don’t want to, then you don’t need to. And if you are afraid, then God himself ordered to overcome your fear.
There is special literature, you need to go, because the body feels it, if you can’t, change jobs, it’s just hardly worth paying attention to the little things!
In my opinion, it is not necessary yet, if you do not want to, and if you are not sure that you will cope with the work, the team. In the case of a conversation with your management on this topic, ask for a little delay with the promotion, express your doubts, concerns, ask for time to gain experience.
Now it is difficult (in winter) to offer anything, in Ancient Italy for this in fat
you added a little clover, as a child in Tajikistan, I myself plucked this grass a little, maybe you will find something in pharmaceuticals!
And what is your name? Of course, if you don't want to, then don't go. But for the first time I hear that an employee is promoted to a managerial position, but he does not want ... Strange.
Bake bread. Although you need to try, your potential as a boss will suddenly be revealed. If you don't like it, you'll bake bread again. And self-esteem has nothing to do with it, you need to be able to lead people. You need to know the psychology of people. So that it does not happen that they will lead you.
You see the question that one of the users of the site asked the Universe, and the answers to it.
Either people who are very similar to you, or your complete opposites, answer.
Our project was conceived as a way of psychological development and growth, where you can ask for advice from "similar" and learn from "very different" what you do not know or have not tried.
Do you want to ask the Universe about something important to you?
We fight black envy
Of course, the first feeling that arises in such a situation will be envy, and the most destructive and leading to a state of almost depression. In order to overcome this destructive feeling, you must first admit to yourself in it: “Yes, I envy. Yes, I would like to be in her place. Yes, I'm angry at the whole wide world.
Further, we inspire ourselves that everything that is done is done for the better. In addition, the setting “Do not envy anyone, everyone has their own way” helps a lot. Indeed, we all go our own way, and it is foolish to desire someone's share. If you didn’t get the promotion this time, it means that you are simply not ready for it yet. Judge for yourself.
Remember that envy and greed can poison the life of even the happiest outwardly person. As soon as envy subsides, you will feel better, it will become easier to breathe, and the world will sparkle with bright colors again.
Working on bugs
It is time to objectively understand the situation, discarding unnecessary emotions. Why didn't you get promoted? What is missing in your character? new position? Talk to your co-workers and boss, ask them for an "outside view", ask family members for advice. It is necessary to understand what you are doing wrong, because you have ambitious ambitions, and suitable knowledge, and skills for improvement, and leadership qualities, and discipline.
Why aren't you promoted?
1) You are good at doing a bunch of your and not your work and in your old position, and you do more than you are paid. At the same time, you do not have the courage to state your desires, and you think that the boss will figure it out himself. No matter how! It is beneficial for him to keep a man who does a hundred things for a small salary. Besides, you look quite happy in this place. If you find yourself in a similar situation, all you need to do is let your boss know that you are looking for a promotion. He will go forward, as it is a pity to lose such an employee as you.
2) You are not developing in your field. If everyone around has long passed courses of English language and 1C, and you still have no time, it's time to think about the fact that a constantly developing employee is more expensive than one who stands still. Old knowledge needs to be updated regularly to remain competitive in the labor market. In order to come out of this situation as a winner, spend time and money learning something new that will be directly useful in your work. For example, take sales training if you are a sales manager.
3) You are constantly late. Agree, a trifle? And the boss notices this and, choosing between you and your colleague, he will rather choose the one who comes on time. If only because the head of the department must submit good example and be a responsible person. An easy way to combat non-punctuality is to set your clock ten minutes ahead. With this trick, you will always be on time.
4) You don't have a specific goal. You would like to be promoted, but do not know exactly what position you could apply for. Some colleagues have heard that you would like to be a financial director, others are sure that you like the position of head of purchasing. You must clearly articulate your goal based on your desires, abilities and needs.
Summarizing all of the above, we can draw the following conclusion: promote those who do not hesitate to declare their desire to occupy a higher position and prove their competence and responsibility on a daily basis, while still in their old position. If you persevere and do not be modest (and in this case, modesty is the last in the list necessary qualities), very soon you will take new table, and the wallet will become too small for the new salary. So go ahead and buy yourself a new wallet now.
