[isaaclyman]

A true story for your consideration:

One of my first jobs was as a dishwasher at a pasta shop. A few of my friends worked there and helped me land the job. One of them, Kevin, was a particularly good dishwasher--fast, efficient, conscientious. The managers were vocally appreciative of his work and used him as an example.

One day, I was talking to one of the other friends, Macey, and I mentioned that I thought Kevin was probably up for a promotion. The career path at this pasta shop was dishwasher > cook > waiter > manager, and at a place like that you could move up pretty quickly because turnover was so high. Macey said with some confidence that Kevin would never get promoted. He was just too fast at washing dishes. He'd made himself indispensable, especially on high-traffic evenings, and the management would never gum up the works by moving him to another position.

Macey was wrong. Kevin was promoted to cook within a few weeks.

I guess there are managers who won't promote their most productive employee. And there are managers who will.

[isaaclyman]

Apologies for the random italics. I meant to add asterisks indicating that names had been changed.

[skrebbel]

Use the edit, Luke!