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el_bryanto

(11,804 posts) Wed Apr 22, 2015, 09:54 AM Apr 2015

Is the place where you work a meritocracy? Or does personality figure into it more? [View all]

Just a thought experiment - do you believe that people get promotions and raises because they earn them? Or do they get promotions and raises because they mesh well with the management (or are, to put it bluntly, kiss-asses)?

Bryant

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	Strict Meritocracy
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	Mostly a meritocracy
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	About half and half; some rely on merit, others get by on personality
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	More personality based
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	Completely personality based
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	Doesn't apply to me; self employed
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	This bullshit poll has neither merit nor personality
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	I like to vote!
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	0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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Is the place where you work a meritocracy? Or does personality figure into it more? [View all] el_bryanto Apr 2015 OP

So you don't think personal interaction skills are meritorious? whatthehey Apr 2015 #1

I think being able to kiss peoples ass is a good skill to have el_bryanto Apr 2015 #2

In my grad program, extroverts who like to talk about themselves RedCappedBandit Apr 2015 #3

Mostly. 90% meritocracy, 10% personality. JaneyVee Apr 2015 #4

Personality plays into merit. Codeine Apr 2015 #5

I tend to think it is mostly personality. Xyzse Apr 2015 #6

Since I'm the boss, demonstrably neither. lumberjack_jeff Apr 2015 #7

Where does emotional intelligence fit in? DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #8

Retired. H2O Man Apr 2015 #9

I don't believe you can totally remove the subjective element from hiring DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #11

For a lot of years, H2O Man Apr 2015 #12

I had Democratic bosses and Republican bosses and the latter didn't care as long as I was... DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #13

I had a liberal supervisor, H2O Man Apr 2015 #14

Maybe it's my bias showing but my Democratic boss was much more empathetic./NT DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #17

I think effectively managing people is an important skill to have for promotion into management Godhumor Apr 2015 #10

It's all based on performance Shrek Apr 2015 #15

I'm an independent contractor. MineralMan Apr 2015 #16

Being good at your job doesn't always mean you should be promoted Lurks Often Apr 2015 #18