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"Law firms say the trend has companies scrambling to seek legal counsel on whether they can fire employees who refuse promotions." That made me chuckle. "Cybe
by Hexstream 18y ago
"Law firms say the trend has companies scrambling to seek legal counsel on whether they can fire employees who refuse promotions."
That made me chuckle.
"CyberAgent Inc., a Tokyo-based Internet advertising agency, is offering the unambitious a different way out. The company puts these workers on a 'specialist' track where they can remain rank-and-file employees but have similar salaries as managers. This ensures the company 'doesn't lose qualified employees by pressuring them to accept promotions,' says Tetsuhito Soyama, general manager for personnel at the company."
I like their style!
- gaius 18y agoIt is a matter of corporate structure. The best employees barely need managing; give 'em a project and set 'em loose. Their manager just needs to sign off on their expenses, basically. If you go into any investment bank, you will see that practically everyone has the title 'Vice President'. They got vice presidents answering the phones! Promotion for promotion's sake is just silly.
- prakash 18y agoScient (or one of the high flying consulting companies) used to do this in the dot-com days, people could stay at the same position for how ever long they wanted.
- strlen 18y agoPlenty of tech companies do this, I think: offering both an engineering and a management path. Yahoo (where I worked) was one (offering a "management" and "architect" path), several places I've interviewed and the place where I accepted are the same way. I heard Google and Microsoft are similar as well. In addition there are tracks/careers for managing technologies as opposed to managing people (project/program/product management). It's would be a waste to put a talented hacker into a management position - and likewise there are people who are excellent managers despite not being the world's strongest hackers.