Favorites get all the promotion. It is a well known fact. But is there anyone here who has been promoted and achieved this solely through their hard work and commitment?
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The higher up the technical ladder, the less frequent the promos happen (kind of like color belt promos vs black belt degrees in martial arts). Some managers would persuade some employees to not pursue promos (“well, there’s a lot more pressure at the next level”) while pushing others to go for it. sometimes it makes sense to avoid the promo if you would be moving from work you like to increasingly political BS work. In the end, you have some control over your journey — just understand what’s out of your control.
Been in Intel 17 years promoted 3 times. Only once through a manager who recognized the work. The other 2 times had to appeal the result to HR and won the appeals.
Here's a downside to working hard and getting promoted, but you're not the favorite of your manager. It happened to a coworker.
He wasn't the favorite, but was promoted to G7. His manager told him during the focal delivery that he disagreed with the promo, but was overruled during the process. Then the FLM proceeded to make life he-l for the guy, routinely trivializing and demeaning his works, which never happened pre-promo.
We suspect the FLM was also a G7, so probably some jealousy involved in seeing someone he viewed as an underling achieving the same GL.
So work hard and get promoted, but be prepared for blowback from your mgr.
no. intel promotes via race and caste.
Not necessarily. I went from 55 to 5 in ~4 years.
I was definitely not the favorite.