WHY CLIMBING THE CORPORATE LADDER IS A JOKE!

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[unersame]

There's a saying in my country.
If work makes you money, then the donkeys would be rich.

[adequatequality]

I remember my boss at my very first graduate job was pissed when I was changing positions after 1.5 years of working there because I was offered a higher salary elsewhere. He used the "corporate ladder" guilt card and said he'd put in a good word for me to move up. I made the stupid mistake of staying for another 6 months and by the end of my 2 years, I was laid off due to a sudden purchase of the company. Turns out there wasn't going to be any promotion at the end of the year but they needed to maintain employee contracts to avoid losing workers to the competitors. Moral of the story: prioritize yourself and yourself only.

[thomascuvillier]

Rule #1 : NEVER trust what your manager or higher up promises you. NEVER.

[alexbrasilien]

Higher positions are usually occupied by psychopaths. If you’re not one, the dream of climbing the ladder might be over.

[DianaBism]

I once worked with a guy who never missed a day of work in the 30 years he was at a company and he got a plaque and a Pat on the back. He was autistic and always smiled and never got promoted, or better pay or a vacation. That’s no way to live - ever!

[BPMan]

The real way to climb the corporate ladder be an OCD psychopath, exploit subordinates, take credit for subordinates creativity and blame the weakest one when something goes wrong, and be very versed in corporate kool-aid and its jargon

[AlejandroMartinez-zwif]

The "corporate ladder" has a lot to do with your face being liked or not

[ronlucock]

"If hard work was the key to success in life then the people out here digging trenches in the dirt & these construction workers would be the billionaires of the world." Well said.

[swanyay]

The greatest supervisor I’ve ever had told me, "if you stay longer than three years at any organization, you’ve failed"..with that advice I went from $38, 000 to $104, 000 in 6 years moving from three organizations until I found my current job which I love

[vicious]

You missed one, you get so good in your role that you actually become an irreplaceable part of the company, so thats the position you stay in forever while less competent people are promoted above you.

[innocentrage]

Climbing the corporate ladder is basically high school. It's how popular you are not how smart you are.

[Brucemcleod]

To climb the corporate ladder-
1. Suck and sleep with the right people
2. Corporate speak, send emails and get into the right meetings
3. Be a psychopath and a bully.

[ninjablack]

I think this is why the idea of being an entrepreneur is so appealing to todays youth. If you're gonna be broke, at least you're broke working for yourself vs slaving away and still being broke

[GrowingForever]

I spent 24 years in corporate IT, Joshua speaks the truth.

[carlo]

After 30 years in corporate America, I can tell you loyalty is a one way street!

[mikhaelis]

The one thing I've learned in the past 25 years in IT is that no matter the department or the company, management is always full of idiots that somehow failed up. Promotions, recognition, pay raises, all really hinge on how they personally like you not your job performance. Being the best at what you do, being a top producer, being the go to guy to fix things when no one else can means nothing. Promotion? You're too valuable to lose from the team. It would be unfair to promote you over other employees who have been there longer. A million excuses only to see the golf buddy to the manager getting the promotion. The corporate world is broken. Cream doesn't rise to the top. The more you show them you can do the more they exploit you without compensation.

[ryanjones]

When people talk about company loyalty I always respond "I am as loyal to the company as it is to me"

[altluigi]

Joshua you are 100% right. I learned that, 20 years ago. I started as a Technician in a factory, moved to group leader, Supervisor, Acting Manager. Then the copany desided that for the position the wanted somebody with Master Degree. So the Guy arrive and I have to teach him everything, because he was not a Technical person. I left the company and make My company. Now I am the OWNER of the LADDER. 10 years later the old company closed because bad management.

[popeyretired]

After being passed up for promotion multiple times, I start dragging my feet and did the absolute minimum. My biggest accomplishment was when I dragged a 1 hour job into 12 days, telling people more "competent" than me I was trying to fix a fault in the system, they didn't have a clue, I knew exactly what was wrong. One day, when my boss was counting on me for an important job, I got another job (higher salary) and quit, from there on, I was loyal to money only. Put yourself first, Josh is right.

[ktm]

Unless you own the company, nothing is in your control. Nobody ever lied to you? I find that impossible to believe. Carry no guilt or shame and jump from job to job. Every time I felt like I was on the corporate ladder my hands were tied together and some POS pushed me.