"If you are both good at your good and a pleasure to work with, you will never be promoted out of a hardworking, more junior position where a lot of the hard work exists," says Maine woman Jacqueline Morris in a viral video that's gone viral since she posted it in April.
Some viewers have pointed to performance punishment, or high performers being held to a higher standard, as a possible reason for not getting promoted.
But research has consistently shown that kindness, especially giving compliments, can make people happier than receiving them and lead to long-term job satisfaction, reports Time.
"I had to adopt a 'C's get degrees' mindset at work," one person wrote in a comment that liked more than 72,000 times.
"Stayed unproblematic and positive but did not overwork myself."
Morris tells Newsweek that companies may not want to spend the money to train and promote employees who aren't doing so well.
They may instead keep those who are doing well in junior positions and look outside the company for management roles. Read the Entire Article
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