Someone asked in the comments if we thought that anyone deserved "merit" promotions.
Unfortunately, under the current system in place, the answer is "no."
Are there deserving people? Undoubtedly. But until the City and Department write down and codify what makes one truly deserving of a promotion so everyone can see it and have a legit shot at it, then there will always be questions about the process.
Cline had not one, but two of his drivers promoted. J-Fled promoted his driver. How many of Dana Stark's girlfriends made rank? Exempt rank even? What exactly were the qualifications of any number of bosses we could mention here for "merit" promotion? Wearing a wire? Overzealous self promotion? Taking credit for work that wasn't theirs? Sex?
Here's two quick ideas we gleaned from the comment section yesterday that don't even address the inherent problems we just outlined above:
Unfortunately, under the current system in place, the answer is "no."
Are there deserving people? Undoubtedly. But until the City and Department write down and codify what makes one truly deserving of a promotion so everyone can see it and have a legit shot at it, then there will always be questions about the process.
Cline had not one, but two of his drivers promoted. J-Fled promoted his driver. How many of Dana Stark's girlfriends made rank? Exempt rank even? What exactly were the qualifications of any number of bosses we could mention here for "merit" promotion? Wearing a wire? Overzealous self promotion? Taking credit for work that wasn't theirs? Sex?
Here's two quick ideas we gleaned from the comment section yesterday that don't even address the inherent problems we just outlined above:
- All merit nominees must attend all parts of the examination process. We can't tell you the number of times we've personally seen empty chairs in our room for the second part of the exam and then that person is in the first of second class of promotions. What a kick in the teeth that is - they know they're in so they don't even bother with part 2? Hubris in the extreme;
- All merit nominations should be made at the end of the process so as not to get seniority over people who actually ranked ahead of them.
Not radical suggestions by any means, but could lend an air of credibility to a corrupted process if instituted with wholesale reforms.