Do you keep them, or try to find someone who can do that job and wants to be promoted ?
None of this is easy.
None of this is easy.
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Be happy.
I'm wired like the learn/grow/advance people you describe, but I know and greatly respect many people who find a job fit that allows them room in OTHER areas of their lives.
I mean, what's wrong with a person who does their work, does it well and doesn't want to take on more?
If they're just killing time, that's one thing, but if they're doing well, seems like a great fit.
jeez
Doesn’t mean because you don’t have ambition that you’re a bad employee.
If you didn’t tell them ambition was a prerequisite for the job, screw you, keep them and give them a raise.
If the company’s hosed, that’s not their fault, you just said so.
And if you did tell them and they took it, sit ‘em down for the heart-to-heart—and find them their next job.
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It's easy. You keep them. I think you have an unnatural view here.
Contented employees living a balanced life should be the norm. The idea of "more!" needs to whither and die. What about innovation? Give talented people a secure environment and they'll innovate naturally.
IMO they can be necessary sometimes, but like NDAs have been turned into handcuffs for current employees or even red flags for some job seekers.
They can and should be trained to do another ic job.
However, I'm good at training others, and I'm always looking at ways to improve processes. My supervisor counts on me.
I have let him know that if an opportunity came up in another department, I would be interested, but I am perfectly happy where I am.
Source: me. A previous employer promoted me up out of engineering and on a track into management. I hated every second of it. I left less than a year later.
I have had 4 jobs in 15 years. Extreme cases were promoted. Maybe 1-2 people (corporation size employer) within the technical department. To get promoted, you have to look for another job.
As much as bonuses are gone now, promotion is as well.
I was a good developer, but much better as a manager because I could get stuff accomplished in meetings
Also just because someone wants promotion doesn’t make them a better employee. 🤷🏻♂️😇
It is crazy to me how important transparency is. Clear communication is the pathway to achieving goals, both with expectations (what you need to do) and values (how you do your job).
They may not want to be promoted, but they mentor others and contribute in ways that we’d miss if we let them go. And maybe they come around - I’ve had it happen; they just felt they weren’t ready *yet*.
I work in IT. I’ve been in multiple situations where I asked for the responsibility but wasn’t considered for promotion. When I stopped learning and did not move up was usually when I looked for the next opportunity.