Why do high performers fail to get promoted?

Early in my career I worked hard, didn't get promoted and wondered why, and later in my career I kept moving up the corporate ladder and wondered why no one else got it, as I left them behind. E…

Top stories for Long   Why do high performers fail to get promoted? John Neilson, Husband of 17 years and Father of 12 years • Updated July 25, 2019 Early in my career I worked hard, didn't get promoted and wondered why, and later in my career I kept moving up the corporate ladder and wondered why no one else got it, as... Read more » 1.1M 4K 77   Why isn't garlic used in Japanese cuisine? Hantani Sadahiko, lives in Japan (1967-present) • Updated March 21 Garlic was introduced to Japan via China around the eighth century. In Japan, "Sake and strong-smelling vegetables (Garlic, Chinese chives, scallions, etc.) do not go throu... Read more » 1M 1.7K 67   Do Koreans really sleep overnight at saunas and sleep on the floor, as shown in Korean dramas? Andi Roselund, lives in Seoul (1992-present) • Answered October 2, 2021 The answer is yes, the place being shown in Korean dramas specifically being 찜질방/jjimjilbang. Part of the problem some people seem to have trouble grasping is that most Kore... Read more » 669.9K 1.1K 31   Are members of the Hell's Angels Motorcycle Club allowed to ride a motorcycle made by any company other than Harley-Davidson? Chuck Karish, Shade tree motorcycle mechanic • Answered March 26 Here's what Sonny Barger said about this: In terms of pure workmanship, personally I don't like Harleys. I ride them because I'm in the club, and that's the image, but if I ... Read more » 336.3K 353 77   Why does Ukraine matter so much to Western people? Colin Riegels, History geek • Answered March 21 Honestly? Ukraine doesn't. If you wind back the clock six months before the invasion, most people in the West who even bothered to think about it had pretty serious concern... Read more » 107K 2.8K 189   What is the coolest line a pilot has said to the passengers? Aishwarya Narayanasami, studied at North Carolina State University at Raleigh • Answered January 14, 2021 I was on a flight from New York to Raleigh. We had boarded, the gates were shut. But there was a long wait in the runway with many planes ahead of us waiting to takeoff. Ju... Read more » 3.3M 6.1K 168   Why did Hermann Göring want to be shot instead of hanged? Brent Cooper, Trial and appellate counsel for Cooper & Scully (1993-present) • Answered April 18 There were a couple of reasons. Soldiers were shot and criminals were hanged. In the schedule for executions, Goring was scheduled to be first. The executioner Was Master Se... Read more » 1.4M 4.2K 250   Why do the Romance languages have such different words for "children"? French "enfants", Spanish "niños"/"niñas", Portuguese "crianças", Catalan "nens", Italian "bambini"/"bambine", Romanian "copii"? Ygor Coelho, Native speaker and admirer of Brazilian Portuguese language • Updated June 1, 2021 There is a rule of thumb that you can apply for most languages, not just Romance languages: the more common and useful, but unspecific and generic, a word is, the more it i... Read more » 125K 721 70   Why are people deliberately damaging Teslas? Donald Knieriemen, former Visiting Assistant Professor at Purdue University (1988-1990) • Answered October 31, 2021 When I worked in a high rise, in Chicago, I noticed the elevators had beautiful Dark Oak paneling with graffiti carved into it. Out loud, I asked "what makes people do this... Read more » 492.1K 5.8K 233   Did Napoleon really say of the British army he faced at Waterloo: "My God, what troops. If I had two such regiments I could conquer the world."? Brokko89, Long period of interest in the Waterloo 1815 Campaign • Answered January 18 Napoleon thought he faced a mostly British army - which he referred to as 'the English'. He was not aware that many of the red-coated troops he saw opposing him before the ... Read more » 724K 1.9K 167   What do Swedish people think about Finland and the Finns? Lucas Lundström, expert, specialist, and professional • Answered April 8, 2018 A group of Nordic people are at a pub in a cottage out in the countryside. Drinking, talking, laughing. A Norwegian spills something on a Danish person so a Swedish person ... Read more » 243.7K 1.1K 60   Byzantium was fundamentally different from Rome, they didn't speak Latin, wore Togas, worshiped the Roman Gods, and generally did not have a shred of Roman-ness yet considered themselves one, were they correct to regard themselves as Romans? Matt Riggsby, MA Archaeology, Boston University • Answered September 2, 2021 You misunderstand Roman-ness as it was perceived by people who regarded themselves as Romans. By late antiquity, the Roman empire had gone all-in on Christianity, with Chris... Read more » 109.5K 961 Read more in your feed

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