> You won’t be promoted for doing your job, you will be promoted by focusing on your promotion.
Well, yeah. That's how it is in a lot of companies, especially big ones. Doing what is expected of you in your current position is proof that you are well suited for your current position. Exceeding expectations for your current position is how you get promoted.
If the company has a documented promotion process, (and it seems like Amazon does based on the article), then focusing on that process is not a distraction from doing your job: it is doing your job! They went to the trouble of spelling it out for you because that's what they want you to do!
It seems like the author's idea of "doing your job" was different than his employer's, so of course he had a bad time.
> You won’t be promoted for doing your job, you will be promoted by focusing on your promotion.
Well, yeah. That's how it is in a lot of companies, especially big ones. Doing what is expected of you in your current position is proof that you are well suited for your current position. Exceeding expectations for your current position is how you get promoted.
If the company has a documented promotion process, (and it seems like Amazon does based on the article), then focusing on that process is not a distraction from doing your job: it is doing your job! They went to the trouble of spelling it out for you because that's what they want you to do!
It seems like the author's idea of "doing your job" was different than his employer's, so of course he had a bad time.