Why Does Workplace Promotion Become A "Cup"?

Promoted, but not happy.

James, six months ago, he was promoted from R & D Engineer to R & D manager.

Half a year ago, I was promoted to be a middle-level cadre in the company.

Although the promotion was a bit sudden, we were somewhat surprised, but I was very happy when I got the promotion at the age of 32.

However, after half a month's promotion, confusion came.

Former colleagues in the Department have now become my subordinates, and I have deliberately kept them with me.

Once at the door of the tea room, I heard the purchasing manager say to his colleagues: "is he not lucky enough to have done several big projects? How fast!" I think the boss is so trusting to me. After taking office, I must be able to prove that the company has promoted my decision.

I must work harder.

But things do not seem so simple. Occasionally things are not handled so smoothly. Former colleagues and their subordinates would seize the same handle and even gossip everywhere in private. Before being an ordinary employee, I would do well in my own job. After upgrading my duties, I should not only "fight for land" and "push responsibility" for the Department in front of other department managers, but also coordinate with other departments.

Before, I only need to take charge of the company's new product development, and never received any training in management skills, which made me a little lacking in self-confidence. Besides, since I got promoted, I didn't have a rest day. Overtime and business travel were commonplace. I found my memory began to decline, and I often felt irritable and angry.

Every one is worried about everything.

I began to suffer from "internal and external troubles".

In addition to the above mentioned "foreign invasion", there is also "internal worry", that is, the family does not understand me.

When my wife saw me, I had no time to take care of her family, and I was very angry with her. Finally, I could not help but fight back to me.

At the most intense time, I slept in the office for a week without going home.

This once made me lose sleep.

"Before, I was very happy to work, I had a good atmosphere, I had a like-minded colleague, but since I became a manager, I feel that work is a torture. Sometimes I really feel like going back to be an ordinary engineer."

Analysis: three major crises for technicians to be promoted

From the narration of James, we can see that he experienced pain, abnormality and extreme unfitness in his promotion.

If it is not for necessity, no one will regard promotion as torture and punishment for himself.

We can not help asking: why is James unhappy in the face of promotions? Similar cases have been encountered by career planners more than once.

"Promotion" seems to be a very common crisis in the career development of technicians.

After a number of case studies, we summed up the three major crises faced by technicians when they were promoted.

First, it is difficult to change roles.

We know that managing people is the most difficult task in all jobs.

A colleague who has been on the same level before is now a superior boss. How can he establish prestige among his colleagues and realize his identity pformation after promotion? This is a common problem after the new official took office.

"The pformation of jobs means the pformation of abilities and concepts."

Career planners believe that the nature and pressure of work are different immediately after promotion.

In the past, James was only responsible for new product research and development projects. After upgrading, he was responsible for his own 9 staff members, and often needed to cooperate with other departments.

Power is bigger, responsibility and pressure are correspondingly greater. "

If the role is not smoothly pformed, James will inevitably be in a hurry and unable to compete.

Two, lack of management capability

Experts say that every job maker's ability consists of three basic elements: knowledge, skills and attitudes.

The knowledge, skills and attitudes required for R & D positions and management positions are completely different.

In the face of sudden promotion opportunities, James's shortcoming in management ability was soon exposed.

The management ability is insufficient, subordinates are all in the eyes, James is very difficult to establish the authority of the leader, do nothing, have no confidence, and can not get help from others.

Three, career positioning confusion

Experts also found that James made MBTI

Due to the lack of career planning, James is almost confused about his development.

His promotion is not due to his preference for management or competence for the new position, but rather the company's arrangement and passive promotion.

James is not very well aware of his lack of clear career positioning, and is also confused about career development in the next 3-5 years.

This is the root cause of confusion after James's promotion to management positions.

Suggestion: adjust the direction, relocate and recover the value.

After an in-depth analysis of the problem of "promotion", experts believe that for James, the urgent problem now is to make a new career orientation for ourselves and get back to the right track as soon as possible.

Generally speaking, only doing what is best at work can create the greatest value in the workplace.

James is a typical research talent. It is suitable for technological R & D, rather than management of people.

After nearly 2 hours of in-depth communication with career planning experts, James decided to communicate with the boss as soon as possible, explaining his career interests and positioning, looking for a technical promotion path.

Customer service staff learned that, shortly after the end of the consultation, James conducted a frank and sincere communication with the boss. The boss fully understood the pain of James after being promoted. He also saw the fact that his job was not successful after the promotion. He promised to reconsider his position as soon as possible so that James could find a better development platform in its own research and development department.

Data show that there are a lot of people who choose the wrong career development direction in the workplace, and over 75% of their career confusion comes from the confusion in the direction of career development.

Career planners remind workplace people that their promotion looks beautiful, but if they are contrary to their professional interests and positioning, they may lead to a career disorder.

Therefore, it is very important to achieve the perfect promotion, find the right position and choose the path of development rationally. Don't be promoted like James, but lose your happiness.