[chrisweekly]

"The biggest problem I found with promotions is that people wanted one because they thought they were doing their current job well. That isn't promotion, that's calibration, and doing well in calibration certainly opens up good raise / bonus options. Promotion is something different -- it's interviewing for a brand new job, by proving you're already doing that job. Whether or not that's fair is debatable, but the model does make a lot of sense to me."

Thanks for articulating this distinction so clearly; it's a simple enough idea, but it seems to elude so many.

[yunohn]

> Promotion is something different -- it's interviewing for a brand new job, by proving you're already doing that job.

Every large corporation has a concept of levels. It makes sense to use levels as a progression (they are numeric after all) rather than a new job each time. That’s what job titles/roles are for.

I’m not convinced by this summary, and it seems anecdotal rather than realistic.

[mettamage]

The reason things like this eludes so many people is because it never gets properly explained by anyone. What jrockway explained might be simple, but it is quite rare to see such an explanation.