Promotion To The Deserving.

The Western Electric Company had a contest recently for employees. The subject for discussion was, “Why Are People Promoted?” The winning answer, as printed in the September issue of the Open Shop Review, is here given:—

“People may be given executive positions of personal influence, or because of emergencies; but the true promotion comes to those who have earned it by their accomplishments. It comes to those who can handle the general problems of related work as well as the details of their own job; to those who can subordinate self when the interests of the organisation are furthered; to those who extend hearty co-operation to others in their work.

“Because they think straight and make clean-cut decisions; because they weigh other people's views with a sense of honest values; because by their personal endeavours, they encourage others to do better work; because their personality inspires confidence in them and their work—for these reasons they are promoted.

“Promotion comes if they are capable of still greater growth and advancement; if they are interested in the personal welfare of their co-workers; if they have a wholesome supply of healthy pep. For these broad-minded people with strong qualities of integrity, initiative, perseverance and leadership, promotion is not dependent upon a vacancy—an opening is made for them. Or rather, it was there all the time awaiting the right man.”