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

[Lurks Often]

18. Being good at your job doesn't always mean you should be promoted

Where I work is mostly a meritocracy and the ones who work hard and do a good job are recognized with raises and bonuses. I have a number of co-workers who are good at their job, but if they were promoted to a managerial position, would probably be unsuccessful. Mostly it is because they are either too nice to discipline or fire employees when needed or dislike confrontation so much that they would not be effective interacting with other departments to get the necessary resources for their own department.

And most of us have worked with a person who was good at their job, but was either too obnoxious or had such poor people skills to be a manager.