Why you aren’t getting promoted?

A bad relationship with your direct manger can prevent you from getting promoted even if you do your work well. Promotions usually happen when your relationship with your managers is going well.

If you are not communicating the work you are doing properly then it might be overlooked and you might fail to get promoted.

According to a survey by Careerbuilder 71% of managers didn’t promote employees because they were unwilling to take extra responsibilities. This means that if you volunteered and did extra work your chance of getting promoted will become higher.

People who get promoted to managerial positions are the ones who display good leadership qualities. Learning those skills can thus be essential in getting you promoted to a managerial job.

Each new job requires a new set of skills. The manager will promote the person who seems to posses those needed skills.

The employee who gets promoted is the one who usually stands out. If you didn’t differentiate yourself from others then your chance of getting promoted will become low.

Employees who are promoted to managers are usually the ones who have good relationships with the rest of the people. If you have a bad relationship with one or more employees the it might affect your chance of getting promoted.

If you are working in a company that has very limited open positions then the chance of getting promoted will become much lower.

According to careerbuilder survey 62% of managers were less likely to promote employees who are overly negative. (See Why are some people very pessimistic?)

According to a survey 62% of managers were less likely to promote those who arrive to work late. See why some people are always late. (See Why Japanese people are so disciplined and organized?)

According to a survey 49% of managers were less likely to promote those who leave work early.

According to a survey 49% of managers were less likely to promote those who call sick many times.

According to survey 44% of managers were less likely to promote those who gossip a lot.

According to a survey 39% of managers were less likely to promote those who do personal stuff at work such as checking their social media accounts.

According to a survey 19% of managers were less likely to promote those who took frequent smoke breaks.

Taking care of your tidiness, cleanliness and professional look can help you get promoted since it can make you seem more suitable for the job. According to a survey 36% of managers were less likely to promote those who don’t clean after themselves.

According to a survey 24% of managers were less likely to promote those made frequent personal calls during work.

If your personal goals seem not to be aligned with the organization goals then you might have problems getting promoted.

Managers are likely to promote those who are very keen to get the job done even if they had to go the extra mile and do something out of their work description.

If you have performance problems or if you got bad review during the most recent quarter then you might have problems getting promoted.

If you are too mysterious or if you seem less trust worthy for any reason then your manager might not promote you.