Originally Posted by
jut703
If I may chime in my 2 cents, and I hope you don't take it negatively:
- The simple reason why they hired someone else is because they don't want to jump the hoops to get you promoted.
- I've not met anyone at the AVP position in any industry who goes to work at 5pm (except BPOs but they have diff shifts). Even if we're moving towards an output-based instead of time-based recognition of work, an AVP should set the tone for the ways of working of the rest of the org.
- Your only options are to deal with it and wait for the next round of promotions, or leave. In both cases, you have to work towards making yourself very marketable to bosses.
- Marketability comprises of 3 factors - performance, image, and exposure (PIE)
- Performance is simple enough - your KPIs. An additional angle will be the context and manner in which your KPIs were achieved. If you were able to achieve revenue growth despite a tough market, that's more commendable than someone with double digit growth in a naturally growing market.
- Image is what decision-makers think of you: who is Cathy? Is she leadership material, does she look like she can head the company? Etc etc. You work on your image by putting on a good show every time the spotlight shines on you. Attitude and work ethic play a big part here.
- Exposure is if bosses know who you are. This is about how you commercialize your performance. The reality is that know matter how good you are at your job, if noone knows about it, it doesn't matter.
- If you decide to leave your job, it's 100% sure that you won't find any other company as lenient as your current. So I would advise that if the leniency is a very big factor for you, then count your blessings and be grateful that the leniency is there rather than gloat that the promotion isn't.
I missed one promotion cycle before. They said I was too new to the company because I was only 1.5 years in at the time. What I did was show everyone that I can outperform the newly promoted guy (who became my boss). I got promoted 6 months after, but left the company anyway (I realized a lateral transfer to a better company was still a better long-term choice than a promotion, small fish big pond vs big fish small pond).
Whatever you decide on, the important thing is to have a decision and act on it. Good luck. [emoji106]
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