If you work for a manager who loves saying "it is what it is", you work at a bad place.
You also know you work for a bad place if nobody in the team ever gets promoted, including a TDP convert who is still stuck at level 1A after working on the team for 3 years.
@hb sad to hear , yet not surprised. The good news is.. you’re out of this cancerous toxic place. Fk the stinky winky and the low life boss.. they are Losers!
How to get promoted- su-k up to your AVP , fill your Teams with 1-1’s and talk BS for hours knowing you won’t be doing the work . Fill your diary with phantom calls saying you are busy . Worked for years for me :)
@c4 were smarter than you are. You’re a d-mb sh-t heel that we can backfill. You’re just a number. No one cares.
@hb 10 years too long. You’re old ideas. You’re an embarrassment now
or you work at a place where all the deadbeat performers get promoted and everyone around you is scratching their heads and saying WTH? How did that person ever get promoted....Truth
No promotions, no movement, only a new round of “transformation” courses every 5 years for jobs they will outsource to India. The only new hires are nepotism hires.
And a stellar 17 year career. Mentored new hires, was consultant for creation of 2 transformative projects, each annual review great for 15 years.. different managers and groups. Then the past 2.5 years.. new controlling “manager” (boss),.. got hit with “su-k it up buttercup” to my increases 300% quota.. customer who is narcissistic lie,, and managed out of the business. “Customer perception is reality “, when I refuted the customer BS and manager BS. So one Weak, pathetic manager… gets promoted and I’m done. It’s a blessing .. as the company is run by narcissists, stinky and crew.. time to live life.. and wish the pos… “nothing but the best”.. their days shall be rotten
sounds like somebodies got a case of the mondays
The Vikings are going to beat the Packers next week!
We need to get rid of L3-L5 if AT&T has any chance of surviving!
My manager def uses the phrase “ it is what it is” but, to be fair…as an L2 AD with no leeway given to them to alter any policy mandate or use their own judgement on anything….what do you expect them to say?
Even the Directors have no autonomy.
Best method to attempt to get promoted at T...
Deliberately f*ck up and then come back and fix the issues you created. They reward fixing problems more than doing things right the first time.
Only promotions going on at T are VPs (and above) getting promoted for being a complete f-up! They completely destroy a team, then get promoted… WTF?!?! The T way is to reward failure!
“ There is something wrong with an org where people haven’t been promoted in 25 years. No one has been back filled when they either left or died. No merit based raises if any kind. No pats on the back for jobs well done - ever.”
This has been my experience. Heck I celebrate anyone getting promoted to anything and we never hear about individuals getting recognition below an L3.
There is something wrong with an org where people haven’t been promoted in 25 years. No one has been back filled when they either left or died. No merit based raises if any kind. No pats on the back for jobs well done - ever.
Life Pro Tip #2: try harder and stop whining.
Life Pro Tip: Develop other employment options!