Survey about job promotions

[Z-man]

Folks,
I need your input! I'm doing a research paper on promotions for my latest MBA class. If you've been promoted, or been involved in the promotion process at your workplace in the last 5 years, please take 2-3 minutes to fill out this informal survey.

Target responders:
- Employees who have been promoted
- Managers/supervisors who have promoted employees
- HR professionals involved in the promotion process

Just cut & paste the appropriate section below and add to this thread (or PM if you want to keep it confidential)

Please respond by this Sunday (02-13-2011)

Thanks,
-Z-man.

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Survey for employees who have been promoted within the past 5 years:
1. Company name (optional):
2. Size of company (Small, medium, large):
3. Scope of company (local, regional, national, global):

4. What type of position were you promoted from?

5. What type of position were you promoted to?

6. Who initiated the promotion?

7. Was the promotion an 'in-line' promotion, or to a position within a different group or

organization?

8. What part of the promotion process were you responsible for? (Ex: creating a new job description & position, verifying the job specifics, clarifying questions, creating the pay scale...etc)

9. How long did the promotion process itself take? (Consider the starting point to be when you were either told about the planned promotion, or when you started the promotion process)

10. What were some positive aspects you experienced during the promotion process? (Note: please focus on the process, not the new position)

11. What were some drawbacks you experienced during the promotion process? (Note: please focus on the promotion process, not the new position)

12. How could the promotion process be improved?

13. On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate the job promotion process at your company?
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Survey for managers/supervisors who have promoted employees within their organization:
1. Company name (optional):
2. Size of company (Small, medium, large):
3. Scope of company (local, regional, national, global):

4. What is your management level: (lower management, middle management, upper management):

5. On average, how many promotions occur within your organization in a year?

6. What percentage of promotions did you initiate?

7. What percentage of promotions were from within your organization?

8. What part of the promotion process were you responsible for? (Ex: creating a new job description & position, verifying the job specifics, clarifying questions, creating the pay scale...etc)

9. How long did the promotion process itself take? (Consider the starting point to be when you were either told about the planned promotion, or when you started the promotion process)

10. What were some positive aspects you experienced during the promotion process? (Note: please focus on the process, not the new position)

11. What were some drawbacks you experienced during the promotion process? (Note: please focus on the promotion process, not the new position)

12. How could the promotion process be improved?

13. On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate the job promotion process at your company?

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Survey for HR professionals who have been involved with the promotion process:
1. Company name (optional):
2. Size of company (Small, medium, large):
3. Scope of company (local, regional, national, global):

4. What is the approximate breakdown of promotions processed per month based on job category

(ex: office worker, professional, lower/middle management, upper/executive management)?

5. What percentage of promotions were 'in-line' promotion, vs. a promotion to a position within a different group or organization?

6. What part of the promotion process were you responsible for? (Ex: creating a new job description & position, verifying the job specifics, clarifying questions, creating the pay scale...etc)

7. How long did the promotion process itself take? (Consider the starting point to be when you were either told about the planned promotion, or when you started the promotion process)

8. What were some positive aspects you experienced during the promotion process? (Note: please focus on the process, not the new position)

9. What were some drawbacks you experienced during the promotion process? (Note: please focus on the promotion process, not the new position)

10. How could the promotion process be improved?

11. On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate the job promotion process at your company?

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[cgarr]

Survey for managers/supervisors who have promoted employees within their organization:
1. Company name (optional):
2. Size of company (Small, medium, large): Small
3. Scope of company (local, regional, national, global): Regional

4. What is your management level: (lower management, middle management, upper management): Upper Management

5. On average, how many promotions occur within your organization in a year?
Two

6. What percentage of promotions did you initiate?
100%

7. What percentage of promotions were from within your organization?
100%

8. What part of the promotion process were you responsible for? (Ex: creating a new job description & position, verifying the job specifics, clarifying questions, creating the pay scale...etc)
Employee review along with creating new positions Identifying the employees strengths needed for the new positions and review the physical ability of the employees.

9. How long did the promotion process itself take? (Consider the starting point to be when you were either told about the planned promotion, or when you started the promotion process)
One week

10. What were some positive aspects you experienced during the promotion process? (Note: please focus on the process, not the new position)
It was very quick with input from the owner and other key employees. One meeting and my suggestions and it was done

11. What were some drawbacks you experienced during the promotion process? (Note: please focus on the promotion process, not the new position)
None

12. How could the promotion process be improved?
Compensation should have been discussed

13. On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate the job promotion process at your company?
9

[Aurel]

Survey for employees who have been promoted within the past 5 years:
1. Company name (optional): Rutgers
2. Size of company (Small, medium, large): medium
3. Scope of company (local, regional, national, global): State University
4. What type of position were you promoted from? Assistant research professor

5. What type of position were you promoted to? Associate research professor

6. Who initiated the promotion? Myself

7. Was the promotion an 'in-line' promotion, or to a position within a different group or

organization? in line

8. What part of the promotion process were you responsible for? (Ex: creating a new job description & position, verifying the job specifics, clarifying questions, creating the pay scale...etc)

Gathering 10 external letters of reference, putting together the package, and coming up with the extra salary.

9. How long did the promotion process itself take? (Consider the starting point to be when you were either told about the planned promotion, or when you started the promotion process)

It takes over a year. I am half way through it.

10. What were some positive aspects you experienced during the promotion process? (Note: please focus on the process, not the new position)

Contacting people who have good things to say about you.

11. What were some drawbacks you experienced during the promotion process? (Note: please focus on the promotion process, not the new position)

Being promoted but having to come up with the money takes all the fun out of it!

12. How could the promotion process be improved?

In the specific case of my University, they apply a rigorous process for tenuring professors to those like me who are not on tenure track. That is highly unfair, since I go the same process of someone who will get a job for life paid by the State, for 6 months appointments paid by myself. There should be two processes.

13. On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate the job promotion process at your company?

2. It is idiotic bureaucracy at its best.

[VaSteve]

inbound. 2 data points.

[A930Rocket]

PM sent

[Z-man]

Awesome guys -- thanks for the input!!

-Z-man.