11-12-2021, 12:11 AM
(09-12-2021, 03:34 PM)canary1990 Wrote: i once worked at a large MNC (200-300 headcount in the local office) and there was a young european man who was working at a pretty low-level position. you could tell he was having a hard time because the office was mostly Singaporean or Asian and his first language wasn't English.
more recently, I decided to see how he was doing and turns out he's now the MD of one of the major European offices of the MNC.
so I think what happened is that he was pretty much handpicked or at least shortlisted to be in senior management from the start but he was also made to go through a "trial of fire" by working in a very junior position in a foreign country.
in a way, i guess there's no pure meritocracy but like what NewtonsAdamsApple wrote, it's still not easy for the "selected" people to achieve success.
Well I guess it's good that upper management didn't promote the young guy immediately and instead made him work from the bottom-up...but he was still shortlisted for leadership. Seems like as long as he didn't mess up too badly, he'd reach the top immediately. It's a lot less certain for regular employees like the rest of us.