Some people think that only staff who have worked in a company for a long time should be promoted to a higher position. What is your opinion?

Promotions help boost the morale of employees. Higher positions earn higher salaries and

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everyone wants to be promoted. Some people feel that only those employees who have worked for an institution for several years should be given a leading role. I do not agree with

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view. In my opinion, the time spent in an organization should be just one of the criteria for determining an employee’s eligibility for higher positions. Employers often believe that employees who have spent a lot of years in an organization are more likely to be loyal to it. They tend to reward

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loyalty with promotions and rises. I am not against promoting senior employees.

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, in my opinion, new hires too should be promoted if they have the skills and qualifications. Just because someone has spent ten or twenty years in a grouping, it does not mean that they are the most competent. Sometimes new employees deliver better performance than senior employees because they possess more skills and qualifications. What’s more, a ‘new employee’ may have years of experience in another management. If competent employees are denied upgrade because they don’t have years of experience in the institution, it will affect their morale. Worse, it may encourage them to quit and join another company that honours talent. Attrition will only hurt the interests of a system. To conclude, in my opinion, employers should consider a variety of factors while determining an employee’s eligibility for promotion.

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includes their qualifications, special skills and domain expertise. Promotions and rises encourage employees to work harder. If they are denied promotion in spite of their hard work and eligibility, they might just quit.