Why LAZY People Get Promoted AND YOU DON'T

Have you worked with a Slacker Chad before?

Sometimes it's better to promote yourself by finding a better job.

1. Do highly visible work 2. Make work you do more visible 3. Build a solid personal brand

One thing I’ve noticed is that if you’re lazy but likable, you will go far. I’ve been the sap who’s worked hard and cared about my work.

In the Air Force, I had a civilian boss tell me on a trip to headquarters while drunk at dinner that she puts low-caliber people in for promotion so that they won't be competitive with her when it's time for her to promote up. That's really great, and we wonder why the govt. is so jacked up. I'm sure a lot of people in companies do that, too.

0:35 As a software engineer, I naively ensured our releases were bug free as I'd find problematic issues and fix them before they even make it live. The problem was that no one knows I was doing this. Other people were getting credit for "a great release". What I did was let those issues surface at prime time and let them panic, then I'd offer to fix it since I noticed the problem way earlier and just push out a fix in a timely matter. Not only do I make myself look good, but I make my those who were previously getting credit look bad. It was win-win! This happens a lot in software engineering. If you let the fire happen and then offer to put out the fire in a timely matter you get noticed. But prevent the fire from ever happening? Crickets.

All the greatest work in the world won't make a bit of difference if your boss doesn't like you.

I remember one of my co-workers who took naps on the floor, did nothing all day and was promoted to manager while I had a nervous breakdown and adrenal fatigue.

It's highly infuriating how manipulating this is, though. It sucks that we live in a world that rewards Slacker Chad who excels at manipulating perception, if nothing else. The workplace is a giant lesson in psychology.

"when no one is noticing" should be replace with "when the manager is bad at is work and doesn't know what is team is doing" in my opinion.

OMG, this describes my coworker exactly. He is a slacker that has everyone else clean up his unfinished work. His name is even actually, Chad.

The problem with being Chad is that the higher up you go, the closer ane closer you become to being exposed. Charm, charisma and likeability will help you rise the ranks, but without the foundations of skill and competency, eventually there will be nowhere to hide, because once you're at the top, you are on your own. You then just have to hope that your subordinates don't get frustrated and stop covering for you. As 50 cent once said, "Who you know will put you on... what you know will keep you there."

The lazy workers get promoted by lazy supervisors because our society is immoral.If all employees were like this no work will be done.This world is disgusting

With the uptick of ppl quitting they are now being put on the spot because they now have to do the actual work. They can’t handle it🤣

I don’t even care anymore about my coworkers trying to sabotage me. I already got turned down two promotions because of these people. If I change to conform, I feel like I’m not being real with myself. I don’t even care if I get fired or whatever happens to me, I know that anything I lose in life was because it wasn’t meant for me and something greater will come my way. I’m not going to change my work ethic for anyone. I like to work hard and I like to learn. I’m glad I’m getting experience for whatever I do in the future regardless of where I’m at.

There is a caveat to this: eventually the "Slacker Chad" will get exposed. Believe it!

I needed this video in my life. I've been the nice girl in relationships, family matters and work. It has gotten me used, over looked, ignored, ideas stolen, taken for granted and passed up for promotions despite being the hardest work in the office

It doesn't matter how hard you work at your job, it doesn't matter how good you are at your job, it doesn't matter how much money you've made for the company or how many customers you've brought in and retained for the company. Everything comes down to likeability. Lazy people are LAZY, but they are also laid-back, funny, don't take themselves too seriously and easy to get along with, and a lot of them have endearing personalities. Your boss is going to overlook your job performance and your valuabe assets over that. It's not fair, it's not right, but it's true.

I'm a "hard worker" and this is textbook what happens in the workplace. Honestly, it's extremely difficult but I'm trying to move away from this mindset and build more efficiencies to save my time/sanity. In my next role, I'm taking the "Slacker Chad" value with me. I'm learning to ask what are the key deliverables for the business and work on these. "Hard work" leads to nothing but burnout and resentment.

I was literally told to say "hi" to the people who matter by a supervisor if I wanted to get ahead. This is so true.