Has been 3.5 years in l4 now. Been struggling to get promoted from l4 to l5. Have strong ratings for 2 years now, applied last time and got denied. Now my org's priorities have shifted away from my current project and hence couldn't apply this cycle and not sure if I will be in a position to apply next cycle. Have also been not happy with the work I do and thought of shifting teams. Was thinking of shifting after promo, but as it might not happen for a year am thinking of shifting teams with the hope of working on something interesting and also to get on the path to get promo soon. Any suggestions or tips on the situation and potential teams that I can shift to?
3 years in L4. 2 SEE and 1 superb in last 3 cycles. No promo yet. Asked to wait for 1 more cycle. Beat this !
How do you get a SEE & Superb? FYI I’m in LCS, not a SWE
Been doing everything L5s / L6s are supposed to do (leading, talking way forward, creating projects, building okrs etc) along with delivering really well on all L4 expectations. Being careful not to step on their shoes as well. Still something is not working !!!!
I was hired as L4 (I believed down leveled) 12 YoE. End up in GBO in a shitty org with the shittiest manager supporting very dead Google Products (Books + Chrome) after 3 years moved to Cloud and recently got promoted (1 SEE + 2 S) work with many PMs, XFN and shiny project
Wow, how many cycles does it take in a new team to get promo? Also I hear mixed reviews about cloud. Some say it's a dying project, and some say promos are very hard in cloud. What is your take on it? And any suggestions on good teams in cloud that I can look for
I got promoted in 2 cycles. (I got 2 superb) the advantage i have is the opportunity to work with many PMs and xfn teams. During perf time various PMs and external parties gave me positive feedback. It really depends on your manager a lot. When I joined I was very straightforward in terms of I wanted to go for promotion.and my perf showed sustainability. My previous manager in GBO didn't believe in me getting promoted until I left and he needed to deal with all the work.Cloud has very high visibility.projects (ML, Anthos, GKE)
Any tips to get that promo to someone joining Ads infra as an L3.
How is it in Ads team?
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Why 2 SEE or superb is not even sufficient for L5 promo? What’s the reasons of the deny?
I am currently an L4 @ Google, recently hired. Is that timeline typical? Seems like a long wait, also when you say strong ratings are you consistently getting exceeds expectations? I heard you need to get exceeds twice in a row
Don't think the wait is common, its different for each person and different for each team. I have gotten 2 EE, 2 SEE in the last 4 and hence saying strong
I got 2 SEE last year, superb this quarter and was denied l5 promo