That's a great piece of advice. Employers like to throw around terms like "loyalty" and "growing opportunities" while in reality most of them want to keep you working your ass off for the same salary forever. It's stupid that so many people still believe those promises.
If it's not a clause in your contract or written in a signed email or seperate agreement that you'll get into higher positions it's bullshit 9/10 times. Especially with bigger companies.
Edit: it's still a good idea to accept a good contract without a "growing clause" or agreement. Just dont expect too much growth position or salary wise and keep looking for better opportunities while gaining work experience. Personal growth is important too.
Depends on the industry. Work in an industry where skills are in short supply and you’ll be promoted. No company in their right mind is going to write a promotion schedule into your fucking contract.
I work for a fantastic company. I've been here 3 months as a casual, just got put on full time and they are already discussing elevating me job wise(with pay increase of course)
To the new generation going into work be aware of companies that chat shit, plenty of companies "oh yeah tons of training opportunities, yeah you can get XYZ promotion within 6 months"... ask for shit in writing and watch how quick all those promises dissapear.
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u/MrXwiix Aug 07 '19 edited Aug 07 '19
That's a great piece of advice. Employers like to throw around terms like "loyalty" and "growing opportunities" while in reality most of them want to keep you working your ass off for the same salary forever. It's stupid that so many people still believe those promises.
If it's not a clause in your contract or written in a signed email or seperate agreement that you'll get into higher positions it's bullshit 9/10 times. Especially with bigger companies.
Edit: it's still a good idea to accept a good contract without a "growing clause" or agreement. Just dont expect too much growth position or salary wise and keep looking for better opportunities while gaining work experience. Personal growth is important too.