I'm curious of how promotions work at other companies in this industry. At IBM we are required to fill out a packet of information to "prove" that we are experienced enough to earn a promotion. This packet takes roughly 24 hours of additional work, must be reviewed by our manager, and is then sent off for approval. The turnaround time for a packet once it has been submitted can vary between anywhere as short as one week to the next fiscal quarter. This can be discouraging when someone is working anywhere between 44 to 50+ hours per week and would then be expected to add additional time to "prove" that they need a promotion. How is it done at your company?
At Netflix you just get a promotion if your boss thinks the role requires a higher level and you deserve it.
Thanks for sharing. What did promotion mean in a truly flat company like ours?
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At Apple, if you demonstrate performance at the next level, you get an "exceeds" performance review at current level and the manager nominates you for promotion.
At intuit, you find the right ass to kiss, bail on your main team and their work to do half ass innovated work with a little promise and the right buzz words. Never mind that you screwed your team. Also just put in the years, doesn't matter if you can truly do the job.
Sounds easy!
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Amazon has the manager author a N page narrative explaining how the employee meets the leveling criteria for the promotion. Promotion generally requires referrals from N people where N is the level and they all must be at that level or higher. Also requires an N+1 level reviewer. Feedback must include reason for and reasons not to promote, most don't accept feedback with no areas not to promote. Process generally takes 10-20 hours of work per document. Feedback is given directly on the review cycle the application of being made for.
Good summary. Just to add that you can only get promoted twice a year (annual review and mid year promo cycle).
So at Amazon the manager initiates the process of the promotion? And then both the manager and employee are involved?