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Friendship no. Your ability to collaborate and successfully communicate and work across different teams and personalities, absolutely. Given for me “well liked” has a lot to do with your quantifiable results.
basically, its a lot easier to like someone who’s better at their job, all else equal. also, if your manager likes you, chances are, the people you work with also do, and will provide positive feedback
From my point of view friendship and how well liked you are even if you’re not top performer, or even if you’re not in the top 50% will open you doors for extra projects, time off phone/production and get you involve in other things other than your job because since they like you, they want you to be happy. As a result of that they will assess your pay based on additional projects you’ve been involved in aside from your job duties and make it seem like you are an awesome worker.
So in other words YES.
Absolutely.
To a certain extent. Put yourself in their shoes: based on your team budget, you are allowed to allocate a raise of 2k - 4k to each person with X performance score. If you you like the person, you’ll likely give them 4k, if not, then just 2k.
In my experience I believe it is both by being a good person and well liked by others it will make a big impact for you and the company. I also believe that you must be productive because it is important that you are making money for the company that is paying you if not you are just as dispensable as anyone in the company. After all it is called a business and businesses are in business to make a profit.
Generally things have to be quantitative, especially for any sort of annual merit increases. For promotions and the raises associated with those, it is sometimes more subjective. To some leaders the only thing that matters is the numbers. Thats how you can get complete assholes promoted. Some go the other way too far and put too much emphasis on culture fit which can point to the likability aspect.
Yes, most pay raises and promotions are subjective. There are key results to hit but ultimately, the manager advocates to senior leadership for you. What they say has heavy influence on if you receive a raise, how much you receive & promotion compared to your team members. That’s why it’s best to build relationships with not only your manager but people higher up than them to make sure you have as many people as possible advocating for your career when these discussions come up