Someone once made a comment about this 'Culture of Promotion' and this blind obsession about 'advancement' in the workplace. There's nothing wrong with wanting to move beyond one's own station to something more than what we currently are, but I'm not a huge fan of how people do it here.
This obsession with promotion and management-level skill is practically everywhere. Hell, just look at the job description for virtually every single entry level posting on any job board. Some employers ask for 10 years experience and a Master's just to do something a guy like me would normally use to get their foot in the door. Oh, and a driver's license for a position that likely requires no traveling.
I'm not interested in being a manager or a CEO. I just want to be able to provide for myself and my significant other after everyone else is gone, but that's just too much to ask apparently because I have to want to get 'promoted' every quarter just for the sake of being promoted. And I suppose my lack of work history doesn't really help in this culture either. For some strange reason you have to already be employed in order to become employed. Or you have to know someone. Lose/lose either way.
There's a local job fair coming up next week that I'll be attending, so maybe they'll have some kind of lead, but in my experience most of these job fairs are hosted by shit-wage employers so I probably shouldn't get my hopes up.
Feel free to post some experiences with Promotion Culture here. Seems like it would be an interesting discussion.
Thanks,
Homer