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Technical contributors always lose to sponsored managers in ranking

When the technical path was first being promoted heavily, it was explained that the technical individuals would be valued as much as the management path people, and respected the same amount.

Then they kept ranking both in same groups and a person managing 15 people was always ranked higher than all the technical people, even though each and every technical person probably had greater impact. One justification was that the management ladder individuals needed higher ranking so they could compete better for their next manager job, while the technical ladder people were just going to stay in same job.

This was magnified when they moved technical people into CL 28 and ranked us against higher up managers. Basically the technical folks fill the bottom of the CL28 ranking while Managers got all top RG buckets.

In summary, technical contributors always lose to sponsored managers in ranking.

Perfectly stated, @tei+1hPDvm93.

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Post ID: @OP+1hQ0EasG

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One year I received the most glorious feedback from many people. My boss told me that absolutely none of that feedback was useful in a ranking meeting because none of it came from a VP.

The problem was that our department mangler was an id--t and was insecure about me being more of an expert that him. Our department mangler actually checked my calendar daily and just prior to any meeting that I was supposed to attend with any VP in the room, the department mangler would come to my desk and tell me not to attend because he could cover for our whole department. He would let my direct reports attend meetings with VOs, but I NEVER was allowed in the room with a VP.
That means zero opportunity for VP feedback and zero VP’s exposed to me, thus zero VPs aware the I knew more than our id--t department mangler.

I fell in ranking every year that I worked for that freak.

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Post ID: @3dsr+1hQ0EasG

Dropped categories this year and it is messing with my mind. Worked hard, got great feedback all year and drop.

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Post ID: @3gtw+1hQ0EasG

This is the 5th time someone took a comment of mine and posted it as its own titled thread.

It was very much like a betrayal when all the hype about technical ladder would be as valued by EM as much as management ladder, then first ranking feedback was that I dropped in ranking because my great technical contributions paired in comparison to the managers in my rank group.

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Post ID: @1qud+1hQ0EasG

Never trust what they tell you. The only truth is it is a forced ranking system, and do whatever it takes to play the game well and win. Individual contributor’s credit will always be deemed as performing well due to good supervisory leadership. And if he performed badly, entirely due to his lazy and poor attitude. Either way you are at the losing end.

Learn what you can from this training school and move on to other companies that values you as a contributor.

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Post ID: @1fcz+1hQ0EasG

Yea, they gave us that BS talk in Annandale, to promote and peak interest in the technical positions. Total lie, poor employees in PA didn’t believe it either…..grouphead position is a revolving door, real n-tease there now along with the department head…total losers

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Post ID: @whl+1hQ0EasG

lol of course they do, cant believe you thought XOM cares about Technical contribution. I mean boiling oil has been done for over 100 years, it cant be that hard according to the managers

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Post ID: @hxc+1hQ0EasG

Tell me more about CL27

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