Promotions help boost the morale of employees. Higher positions earn higher salaries and hence everyone wants to be promoted. Some people feel that only those employees who have worked for an organization for several years should be given promotion. I don’t agree with this view. In my opinion, the time spent in an organization should be just one of the criteria for determining an employee’s eligibility for promotion.
Employers often believe that employees who have spent a lot of years in an organization are more likely to be loyal to it. They tend to reward this loyalty with promotions and rises. I am not against promoting senior employees. However, in my opinion, new hires too should be promoted if they have the skills and qualifications.
Just because someone has spent ten or twenty years in an organization, it does not mean that they are the most competent. Sometimes new employees deliver better performance than senior employees because they possess more skills and qualifications. What’s more, a ‘new employee’ may have years of experience in another organization.
If competent employees are denied promotion because they don’t have years of experience in the organization, it will affect their morale. Worse, it may encourage them to quit and join another company that honours talent. Attrition will only hurt the interests of an organization.
To conclude, in my opinion, employers should consider a variety of factors while determining an employee’s eligibility for promotion. This includes their qualifications, special skills and domain expertise. Promotions and rises encourage employees to work harder. If they are denied promotion in spite of their hard work and eligibility, they might just quit.
Promotions
help
boost the morale of
employees
. Higher positions earn higher salaries and
hence
everyone wants to
be promoted
.
Some
people
feel that
only
those
employees
who have worked for an
organization
for several years should be
given
promotion. I don’t
agree
with this view. In my opinion, the time spent in an
organization
should be
just
one of the criteria for determining an
employee’s
eligibility for promotion.
Employers
often
believe that
employees
who have spent
a lot of
years in an
organization
are more likely to be loyal to it. They tend to reward this loyalty with promotions and rises. I am not against promoting senior
employees
.
However
, in my opinion, new hires too should
be promoted
if they have the
skills
and qualifications.
Just
because
someone has spent ten or twenty years in an
organization
, it does not mean that they are the most competent.
Sometimes
new
employees
deliver better performance than senior
employees
because
they possess more
skills
and qualifications. What’s more, a ‘new
employee’
may have years of experience in another organization.
If competent
employees
are denied
promotion
because
they don’t have years of experience in the
organization
, it will affect their morale. Worse, it may encourage them to quit and
join
another
company
that
honours
talent. Attrition will
only
hurt the interests of an organization.
To conclude
, in my opinion, employers should consider a variety of factors while determining an
employee’s
eligibility for promotion. This includes their qualifications, special
skills
and domain expertise. Promotions and rises encourage
employees
to work harder. If they
are denied
promotion
in spite of
their
hard
work and eligibility, they might
just
quit.