I was hired at a Fortune 500 co bc I had a lot of military experience in supply chain. Did not realize I was hired over my boss’s protest. She had a predetermined internal candidate chosen. Her golden child. Golden children typically jumped 2-3 pay grades in 5 years. Another coworker was hired at the same time as a ‘golden child’. Both of us were unaware.
My boss handed me shitty jobs every second of the way. From the military I was used to it and figured that was part of my job. I cleaned them up. I also took my base portfolio and dramatically improved ALL of the metrics. 9 months later I get to my end of year eval and get a substandard rating. She says it’s normal for first years and no one gets a good rating. I shrug my shoulders and soldier on. Then I find out the guy hired at the same time as me for the same job is getting promoted after 9 months.
Bullshit. Stuck it out for 7 more years before striking out to do my own thing.
What I learned: no loyalty no matter how good you are. It’s not performance based. It’s all political and about who recommends you. My buddy felt bad but they kept promoting him. I ended up stuck. Don’t end up like I did. Leave after the first sign of bullshit.