Who Will Get Promoted First?

The Sad Truth

In the country where I work, its quite easy to guess the types of employee who will get promote first. I have seen it so much, that frankly I am quite sick of it. However, I refuse to stoop to those levels to get a promotion because its just too much against my principles.

Here are the top 5 categories:

1. The Flatterer
- They have sweet mouths and always says the things the bosses love to hear.
- They flatter bosses whenever they have the chance, sometimes demeaning others while doing so.
- They have no loyalties, and will suck up to any bosses they deemed most possible to give them that raise.
- They excel at pushing away responsibilities and claiming credit.

2. The Backstabber
- They are vicious employees who demeans his colleagues in front of the boss to advance himself.
- There is nothing bad they will not say about his colleagues.
- Usually they are 2 headed snakes who will pit his fellow colleagues against each other.
- They like to pretend to be your best friend so that they can gain your support.
- They spend more time politicking than working.

3. The Government Scholar
- Most of them are average workers, a small number lousy workers and a small minority top-class performers.
- They will be promoted as long as they do not make any glaring mistakes.
- They will always been given opportunities above the non-scholars to shine.
- They usually lack emotional intelligence, and only excel academically.

4. The Raft
- These people have no personal opinions, and just go with the flow.
- They have no loyalties and will always side the stronger side.
- They are lousy liars and shallow in characters.
- They are good at acting busy.

5. The People Person
- They get along with everybody.
- They garner support of people by doing personal things for them.
- They are usually lousy workers who bluff their way through.


Myself?

I like to call myself a performer. Everything cake to me, and deadlines are nothing more than minor bothers. I am very task focused and terribly dissonant to the above 5 categories of people because of my strong principles. Sadly, I would rank a performer 6th in the list of categories with the highest promotion probability.

Thus, here I am, writing a blog, because I have finished all my work before others who tend to have lesser work to do than me ....