How many of you believe that employees working in various private companies/ corporations get promoted fairly? Well, thats a tricky question, isn't it? Everyone has their own experiences and their response to this question may vary based on what they have experienced at their job. But everyone would agree that it is a cut throat competition these days and in few scenarios employees have to literally fight for their promotions even when they are really deserving candidates.





There are few, very few people who believe that it is not required to ask or fight for a promotion, they believe that once they become eligible for promotion their boss/ manager/ organization will automatically consider them for promotion. If you think that the corporate world operates in this ideal fashion then you need a reality check, because for variety of reasons getting promoted is not that easy these days. In this article we will uncover the real reasons that work behind the scene and suggest some ideas that may help you get an edge over others.





So have you ever asked for a promotion? or a level increment in your professional career? If yes, what kind of responses have you got? Let us try to go through some of the standard responses that people receive when they approach their boss/ manager/ organization with a request for promotion.









Here are few responses:

You need to do a lot more than what you are doing today to reach next level, you are not there yet

You have to first perform that role and prove yourself

There is no vacancy at that level as of now, we will consider you once we have an opening

You dont have the required years of experience to perform that role

You need to get recommendation from Department Head 1, Department Head 2 or from HR or from your Onsite Manager who is in US/ Australia/ South Africa/ UK etc. or you need to get a recommendation from the client manager(this happens very rarely but may happen to few people)

You need to get industry recognized certification for being considered as a candidate for promotion

You need to pass that exam or set of exams as mentioned in the company policy

You need to appear for a panel interview, if you pass you will be considered

You cannot get promoted this year because it is our organization policy to promote people only when they spend atleast 2 or 3 years at a certain level(you cannot get promoted every year)