Yeah, and then you get all those subtle networky things like after office drinks (so ppl who don't drink or have caring responsibilities are disadvantaged).
Replies
100% I have personally seen ppl who don't fit in with the culture of the rest of the team (bc of age, ethnicity, religion, whatever) get left behind or isolated and don't get promoted the same way.
feb 21, 2025, 3:48 pm • 3 0 • view
The skill of a good manager is spotting that that's happening and adjusting the way things are done - even if it's something basic like not just giving out bottles of fizz when someone does something good.
feb 21, 2025, 3:51 pm • 2 0 • view
I’ve worked in small and large places and there usually isn’t a lot of internal training on HOW to manage employees. How to be a leader. How to strategize. How to manage the work. It’s a gap that has ripple effects in my opinion - depending on the company.
feb 21, 2025, 3:52 pm • 3 0 • view
I feel quite lucky in having had a lot of that kind of training, but agree it's much rarer than it should be!
feb 21, 2025, 3:52 pm • 2 0 • view
I think we’re seeing the results (lack of promotion/upward growth) and drawing the conclusion about in office vs remote, but the reality could be mgmt that doesn’t actually know how to assess their employees effectively.
feb 21, 2025, 3:50 pm • 2 0 • view
Yes, that's exactly it. Mgmt/leadership needs to set an example. I haven't seen much of it in my experience in Advertising but maybe other industries/agencies are better.
feb 21, 2025, 3:53 pm • 2 0 • view
I had a discussion during lockdown with an exec who was lamenting how much harder it was to connect over zoom vs in the office. And I said “I think that’s an amazing lesson you shared, I imagine all our global coworkers have experienced this and we can now have empathy”. He was… not pleased.
feb 21, 2025, 4:33 pm • 2 0 • view
This is true! And a lot of WFH/office discussions assume causation where there's merely corrolation. (Just read an article about a company making a profit based on back to the office when what the company was saying was NOT THAT)
feb 21, 2025, 3:52 pm • 2 0 • view