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> ...be willing to build people up. Promote from within and let people grow into the role they want to have... I think this is one of the missing pieces in mod
by amirmc 12y ago
> ...be willing to build people up. Promote from within and let people grow into the role they want to have...
I think this is one of the missing pieces in modern companies. Very few places really want to train you up and all the procedures and processes either expect that (1) your school/course should have taught you or (2) you should have already taught yourself.
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- amirmc 12y agoI don't understand what you mean. When I said 'train' I did mean as an employee doing actual work.
- jdhawk 12y agoThis goes back to people hiring for Tool Knowledge. Think of all the requirements you see on job postings. Must have X years of [insert hyper-specific tool]... Most hiring managers are looking to find someone they won't get in trouble for hiring if they end up sucking. This leads them to look for people who have used the same tools, not people who are intelligent problem solvers that can learn anything given a bit of runway.
- sliverstorm 12y agoWe certainly don't help the problem. I have a few friends who switch jobs every 9 months or so, which almost certainly makes companies wary of investing years of training.
- dllthomas 12y agoMaybe they wouldn't switch if they found similar advancement internally...
- wuliwong 12y agoFor myself, the desire to change jobs comes from the observation that the companies trying to poach me away are offering more money than my current salary even considering the foreseeable future of raises. I happen to like the people I'm working with, so I continue to stick around but at some point those numbers are going to get too far apart and I'll make a move. In my current company (very large), the prospect of raises and promotions are slow, small and far in-between. Maybe I'm in a weird place, but that's been my experience thus far.