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Promotions for loyalty are poisonous to the company. Merit / track record is the only way to go.

>>mentat+(OP)
THIS!

Tenure isn't worth zero, but it's not a "guarantee for greater responsibility and compensation".

>>mentat+(OP)
Your parent did not describe promotions-as-reward-for-loyalty.

Merit/track-record is a key metric, but not the only requirement. Interpersonal skills, future plans (loyalty, career track, etc), attitude, potential...

>>mentat+(OP)
To an extent. As soon as you consider externals for a role though the merit/track record approach falls apart because of the information disparity.

Its usually better to hire the internal person who you know can do a good job, than to hire an external who looks twice as impressive on paper. Yet we often do the opposite.

>>mentat+(OP)
This is why unions and their seniority based system never caught on in tech.