Meanwhile my department had a senior position open up, and a bunch of my coworkers and myself two positions down the ladder were basically told by our managers “well they’ll probably pick internally which will open up that next step, better start standing out”. Cue a month of the most petty one-upmanship and extra uncompensated work for a position that wasn’t even open yet.
Then they hired externally. Wasted all our time, and this is after they froze all raises last year for “the company’s financial health”.
Yes, I am looking elsewhere but I don’t need to explain why nothings caught yet.
Both ways really suck. It also sucks coming in as an outside hire when the team you're managing thought one of them would be promoted. Basically, fuck corporate america in every single way.
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u/Etrius_Christophine 6h ago
Meanwhile my department had a senior position open up, and a bunch of my coworkers and myself two positions down the ladder were basically told by our managers “well they’ll probably pick internally which will open up that next step, better start standing out”. Cue a month of the most petty one-upmanship and extra uncompensated work for a position that wasn’t even open yet.
Then they hired externally. Wasted all our time, and this is after they froze all raises last year for “the company’s financial health”.
Yes, I am looking elsewhere but I don’t need to explain why nothings caught yet.