Just when I think I'm about to get promoted, the rules change. It's always something else. Always. I've been playing this same game for years and I'm getting really, really tired of their sh-t. I think the whole thing is intentionally set up like this, to always keep the carrot just out of our reach but close enough to keep us motivated. Well, I'm done trying.
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Fool me once, shame on you.
Fool me twice, shame on me....
Look for that promotion elsewhere.
You will find something. They will try to talk you out of it, make empty promises, convince you that grass isn't that green over there. Anything to keep you from moving.
Hold your ground, and leave. There is no promise they can keep - else they would have done it already.
I used to think there was a carrot, too... turns out it was just a traffic cone sitting in a distant pothole.
It has always been very odd. I know for me, I had everything lined up and it still took 2-years, and i was already doing the promotion. When they finally did it, no back pay.
Promotions within various Verizon organizations have undocumented requirements to get promoted or in some cases organizations promote certain employees because Verizon is afraid employees may go elsewhere. Promotions are not objective, for some promotions one had to assemble almost a PhD/Master's Degree proposal then submit that proposal to a selected set of Executive management, maybe get the head nod on the proposal then schedule some date for those to go over approved proposal and be subjected to off the walk questions, then if everyone agrees one is promoted, no pay increase, title only. Then it is only valid for a year. Insanity
Yup.. Vz Defers to the Sista!
May be a hidden message with this experience. Time to get out. Sinking ship
If you're competent it's best at this point to get yourself riffed and earn a "promotion" by getting a job at a different company that su-ks less than Verizon, that should be a low bar to clear anyway.
Not sure for whom the situation you described can be motivational? It's a bloody rat race.
Ya' think ?!