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		brown9-2 on Jan 26, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google Memo on Cost Cuts Sparks Heated Debate Insi... > The way to get promoted at Google seems to be to play a game where you tick all the boxes for performance at the next level This is how it works at every company I’ve ever worked for. Companies don’t want to promote someone into a position where the outcome seems risky.

m0zg on Jan 26, 2019 [–]

Don't know how it is now, but most of my promos at Microsoft (in 00s) were unexpected by me. I just kicked ass, and my managers delivered the goods. I liked that system. That's how it's supposed to work. :-)

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