From the course: Getting Ahead: How to Advocate for Your Promotion
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Passive promotions
From the course: Getting Ahead: How to Advocate for Your Promotion
Passive promotions
- Your manager asks you to work on tasks above your title indefinitely. You work 60 hours a week to deliver your projects on time. Your manager knows about your heavy workload and offers a new job title, but not a new salary. That's a passive promotion. In this lesson, I'll walk you through passive promotions and how they can impact your career progression. Passive promotions can happen in many workplaces. Managers expect employees to perform additional tasks for months or even years before giving them a promotion. You may be suffering in silence or discussing your frustrations with coworkers. While speaking with others may help you feel some relief, it doesn't change your situation. Having too many tasks can cause stress and overwhelm and lead to burnout. Burnout happens when you are physically and emotionally exhausted due to your work demands. Make your desire for a promotion an active plan, not a passive one. Passive promotions happen when employees don't speak up. If you don't…
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