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I have been managing teams in tech for 25+ years and can say from experience there are usually progressions within job levels and promotions between job levels. Progressions are typically given based on performance and may come with a bump in base pay. Promotions are competitive and typically follow the talent acquisition process. You apply and are offered the position if qualified and selected as the best candidate. Promotions usually come with a significant bump in base pay, say 10%+, and bonus increase / equity grants. All good managers keep a list of employees to progress/ promote and work with HR to implement. Some organizations have rules around how many employees can be in the queue for progressions / promotions each year. Talk with your manager about your career path and ask what it would take to achieve your goals. Most managers welcome this type of conversation and will help you once they understand you are interested. Don’t expect a progression / promotion to just happen automatically. Take your career path into your own hands and be prepared to work on areas of development where needed. Good luck!
It really depends on your company and how you run things. Assuming yiubhave regular 1-on-1 meetings with your manager, you could tell him you wanted to take on more responsibility, e.g. take on a Senior engineering or team lead role. If your manager agrees that you are ready, you might get that promotion quickly (depending on the rest of the team, merit, and other potential obstacles). If they have reservations, i.e. They don't think you are quite ready, then they should work on a plan with you to get you where you need to be to take on that role. This could include courses, taking on smaller projects, etc. But it should be pretty clear to you and them what is expected of both parties to get you there. Anyway, that’s how companies have approached this with me and how I approach it when I run a team.
Yes, I've always had to do something to apply for a promotion. For a level promotion (from SE to Sr SE) I had to fill out a packet with examples of how I met the requirements for Sr. For a promo to management, there was a series of interviews.
Depends. Some are internal postings that require a formal application, sometimes it's a promotion that recognizes an increase in your responsibilities that has already happened (like adding the word "senior" to your current job title), and if you're lucky, sometimes it's a specific role carved out for you.
Regardless of the process, you can't just sit quietly and expect a promotion to just roll into your lap. You have to go above and beyond in your current role, and you have to self-advocate your interest in the next one.
If the promotion is posted as an internal opportunity or on the career site then you should apply for it. Promotions given mostly happen during reorganizations, restructuring, etc
I got the best promotion with effort and between jobs. There is no way that I would have done so in the previous company.
Personally I don’t like promotion that is given to me because it can be taken back. I rather take the promotion. 😄😄
It depends on the company but sometimes they are given and sometimes you have to apply for them. I have had roles where I went into my annual review and they told me I was getting promoted but looking back it was a way to pile more work on me without very much extra pay
I wouldn't know. Never been given a promotion. Been denied a bunch though. :-)
Depends on the org. In 30+ years I’ve never received a grade / title promotion , but 18 of those years were somewhere that didn’t really have grades. Raises, different story. At other companies there are strict quotas so it’s easier to get a bump by leaving and even going back.
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It's a mix. I recently had to apply for a "promotion" to a job that I was already doing.
We must ask for it and campaign for a promotion, they are not just given. To get promoted at Uber you must already 'be performing at that level' and then ask your manager to promote you. They then have to build a case around getting you promoted and give to LT, they only promote so many people for each level so if you are not in the top percentage of people who are put up for promotion you will not be promoted.