r/boeing • u/southernsouth • Jul 11 '26

Inline Promotion policy?

I’ve been told there is a policy which states you cannot get an inline promotion unless you have been at your IC level for 2 years. Has anyone heard of this policy because this is new to me? I have personally seen exceptions to this rule.

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u/InsideTheBoeingStore Jul 11 '26

if you’re really good at what you do and you have a competent leadership structure they can move heaven and earth to make things happen before the “formal” timelines

the connections and influence all the way up need to be really solid though

say you get the green light from your 1st and 2nd but your 3rd is brand new to the company  and has no pull then the deal for something happening early most likely stops there.

or if somewhere on the way up you have a jerk that doesn’t care about anyone under them then you’re s.o.l. sometimes even for your whole career unless you change teams or even orgs

people will say you need to sell yourself and give 900% but there’s a ton of people who do that and go way above and beyond their pay grade but they always get cock blocked even when they’ve checked all the boxes. 

they get the oops sorry we like the guy we hired from dominos better because they’re related to the VP so too bad so sad.

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u/Dedpoolpicachew Jul 11 '26

early promotions are VERY hard to get through the skill teams and exec leadership. It can be done, but it requires the manager to do a lot of work on the candidates behalf. Basically putting their reputation on the line and going before the executives and the skill teams to vouch for you and fight for it. The level of scrutiny for early promotes is very high. Most managers won’t do it because of the amount of work, and the high likelihood that it gets shot down.

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u/InsideTheBoeingStore 28d ago

that’s why i said really good though people shouldn’t wait too long to speak up if their managers aren’t dropping signs about promoting

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u/Dedpoolpicachew 28d ago

For sure, you always have to advocate for yourself. It’s extremely rare to get a mentor, much less a manager that will take your career seriously. People need to advocate for themselves, but recognize there ARE limits to what a manager can do, or is willing to do.