#Promotion Thoughts?

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sly citrus
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have a question about promotions. I am coming up to 2.5 years of experience and the promotion cycle for me in next month. All of my senior managers, directors, and peers have said I am ready for a promotion, and that I am way above my current level. When I asked my direct manager this question she changed the topic and just told me to fill in a promotion document. She also added that sometimes if you have to ask if you will get a promotion you might not be ready for one.

This last sentence from my manager bothered me. Am I insane or does she seem to be be leaning towards no promotion? Several months ago we went over our company's career ladder for the next level and she said that there was no criteria in the next level that I have not met. am i overthinking, or should i be worried?

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I am leaning towards yes because it makes no sense for her to say [She also added that sometimes if you have to ask if you will get a promotion you might not be ready for one.] out of the blue even though I did not ask her if I was ready or not. All I asked was if she will be recommending me in the next cycle.

frozen magnet
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I'd try to get an actual yes no answer on if she'd recommend you next cycle

sly citrus
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@frozen magnet do you think the response isn't definitive? Perhaps I should ask again after I have finished my promotion document, and went through it with my manager?

frozen magnet
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The response is not definitive no

raven sedge
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There's two possibilities to the statement:

  1. You shouldn't ask, you should have a plan for getting one, this is why it took you so long to begin with

  2. You aren't ready for it now according to manager.

Since it's not clear, get clarity if manager will recommend or not. If not, ask what you need to do / grow to get that and make some action items / plan to get there

sly citrus
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@raven sedge This manager and I have already talked about promotion for a while now. I always ask for feedback to get to the next level and the feedback I always get is minimal or no feedback.

The type of feedback is usually not a reason to deny a promotion (EX: Assign this ticket to another person instead of working on it for 10 minutes). We also went over the career ladder for the next level a few months ago to get feedback on what I was missing, and I was told nothing.

So, that is why I think #2 isn't likely, if it is then my manager has been giving me useless feedback for months. It might be leaning more towards #1? Where my manager can't say anything unless I fill in that promotion document?

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Already had a plan since 7 months ago and made goals with manager and met those goals, so I feel like I was kind of blindsided.

raven sedge
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Since you're unsure just ask directly your manager if the manager will support your promotion or not.

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Sounds like you should be all good. Esp if senior levels all agree you should be promoted, your manager will basically score an easy win by promoting you and look bad by not

sly citrus
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She said we have to go through our promotion doc first, but I'll ask after that meeting. Thanks! @raven sedge

raven sedge
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Usually hardest part is getting senior approval which you already have

marsh gyro
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Do you know who will be involved in the decision?

Maybe you could have a lightweight walkthrough of your promotion document with the director and senior managers also (those who said earlier that you are ready)? After you discussed the doc with your manager.

marsh gyro