For tenured folks, did you always know when you were up for a promotion (I.e., manager mentioned putting you up for a promotion)? I’ve had two promotions in the past 3 years (different companies) and have never explicitly discussed promotions with my managers. I was probably lucky to have managers who were strong advocates of my work. Curious to see what most peoples experience has been. TC -300k #tech #faang #linkedin #promotion #amazon #google #stripe #apple #microsoft #netflix #compensation #hr
Got a surprise promotion to parenthood Other than that at work.. almost always had to beg (also known as making a case for myself but it is nicer than saying begging but that's what it is)
Depends on the level being promoted to. Lower levels generally don’t require a lot of approvals up the chain.
My 62 and 63 promos were surprise. Never discussed promos earlier. But was pleasantly surprised when I saw the compensation letter. When I got 63 I asked why did it come as a surprise. I was told I never brought it up. But mostly because he was not sure if it will go through since I only had 18 months in the level. He said he was even surprised there wasn’t any pushback since 63 promo is a big deal in microsof.
Oh nice! Must’ve been a really good manager. I imagine most managers put in only as much effort as their direct reports do.
I didn't have a surprise promotion, but i just received the news that I'm not going to be promoted, and that was a surprise! According to my manager, they and the skip manager were both onboard on my promotion, but somewhere up the chain, they were told i haven't been in my current role long enough. I did not ask for this promotion, my manager told me a few months ago that I'm on the list of promotions.
As a manager, what’s the point of a surprise promotion? Isn’t it better to lord the prospect over the intended victim, to further induce them into willing participation in their own exploitation?
Amazon? Is that you?