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You will not get promoted. As long as you're super valuable in your current role, they only have incentive to keep you put. I got strung along with that bullshi
by verisimilidude 11y ago
You will not get promoted. As long as you're super valuable in your current role, they only have incentive to keep you put. I got strung along with that bullshit for years at my first job before I learned this lesson.
It's not a total loss though. If they do find you valuable, play hard on your salary.
- lettergram 11y agoI tried to explain that in my original comment, but did a poor job. They can promote you, but you keep your role. i.e. you can be promoted to "VP of Web Development" essentially. So your role doesn't change, but your responsibilities related to engineering can increase. This can lead to some pretty weird hierarchy where a people manager at the director level is managing an engineering manager at the VP level. However, I feel it is a pretty interesting environment and lets both "knowledge works" and "people managers" be rewarded on equal footing.
- st3v3r 11y agoDoes the "VP of Web Development" get paid on par with the VP of Marketing or VP of Sales?