Almost every company tries to make a formal system for employees promotion.. Right!! But one question that bothers my mind more frequently then not: you can raise someone up and push someone down using the same system :)
If it is said that one can move up the ladder if he will "do well.. now to do well you have certain parameters (for example, rapport with peers, work attitude, flexibility, punctuality, discipline etc) in which you have to show that you have reached some level. Now the problem, someone has done very well in productivity but he has not attained good points in lets say discipline.. Now those who are higher up can raise him by over emphasizing his productivity Oh! he is the winner, just look at his contribution in last quarter or else you can discriminate him badly His discipline has an overall bad impact on his team's efficiency.. Higher up, we need even more discipline and we can not afford to try him at that level without him first showing some more discipline. So i don't consider him as a candidate for this promotion at all
I was wondering how we can have a system which is comfortable to employees. After all these systems are made to motivate the employees, Aren’t they?
On this very topic!!! Still thinking, i am. :)
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Yes, there definitely can be a system. But the system has to be flexible for each department or for that matter each team.
And, for each system the factors are almost the same but their weightages vary. e.g. at a shop timings matter a lot but at a scientist's lab creativity & intelligence (productivity) matters.
In summary, the system has to be well-defined and well-communicated and evolving/flexible as well.
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