"You can't get promoted in your Career if you are not Married"

[360dagod]

Not necessarily in a positive direction.​

100% agreement...

 

[Piff Perkins]

That was certainly true in previous decades but hasn't been the case in the 00s, 10s, or 20s. If anything there are still many professions where a married person may get promoted before a single person, but the single person will ultimately get promoted too.

 

[Tair]

For low-level careers, yeah.

("Low-level" = careers that rely more on relationships than competency)

 

[Red Money]

Maybe…

I just felt like, being a single breh at my age made them pass on me when it came to certain shyt even though I would be told “they loved my interview and my resume”.

I’m hovering at this mid-senior level in IT. I like mid because it’s easy and less stressful, but I have all the qualifications for senior positions. I haven’t tried seriously as yet but I think they feel if you don’t have a marriage (or been in one) or kids they don’t feel you’re serious… and they might be right

But it was at a job people knew you, right?

I'm sure it's not legal to ask relationships questions in a brand new interview/hire. Small talk you engaged had folks around you knowing your status for internal hire

 

[Budda]

Its bullshyt, you're more like to get promoted as a young ambitious man between 24-30

 

[Budda]

For low-level careers, yeah.

("Low-level" = careers that rely more on relationships than competency)

Exactly this.

 

[OSUBaneBrowns]

Back when I was younger, this usually was true because of the belief that being married also means that you are more responsible and are willing to stick it out during hard times. Now, I feel that this really only applies to very high level positions or if you deal with the public a lot (ex...politics). The world has changed and people are not getting married as they used to so this feeling is dying down. If you got turn down for a job, it just could be that the other person was just more qualify than you regardless of their marital status.

 

[O.T.I.S.]

But it was at a job people knew you, right?

I'm sure it's not legal to ask relationships questions in a brand new interview/hire. Small talk you engaged had folks around you knowing your status for internal hire

Honestly, no

Completely new company. I would say they were buttering me up, except my last company came searching back for me as well.

What I was describing was conversations with companies I had never worked with before. I’m a contractor.. I take contracts. 90% of the time I don’t know who these people are

 

[V Skyye]

I think single women and married men get promoted faster. But I think it has more to do with the characteristics of the individuals than them just being single or married.

Married women with kids can be risky because women are more likely to take off work to take care of kids if they are sick or if there are issues at home that need to be handled. Single women can commit more to the job. Married men have more responsibilities. So they can be more committed to a job long term compared to single men living a bachelors lifestyle. Stage of life is important too. A single man over 40 is a red flag and gives a signal that a man is not to be taken seriously. Unless he’s divorced.

 

[Dave24]

@Magic Mulatto for your current job or most of your coworkers and the management there married with kids??

 

[Dave24]

I think single women and married men get promoted faster. But I think it has more to do with the characteristics of the individuals than them just being single or married.

Married women with kids can be risky because women are more likely to take off work to take care of kids if they are sick or if there are issues at home that need to be handled. Single women can commit more to the job. Married men have more responsibilities. So they can be more committed to a job long term compared to single men living a bachelors lifestyle. Stage of life is important too. A single man over 40 is a red flag and gives a signal that a man is not to be taken seriously. Unless he’s divorced.

@V Skyye what if a man is 40 years old and has never been married or had kids but has a girlfriend he lives with for the past 7 years. Would that person also be considered a red flag and not be taken seriously?

 

[DrunkenNovice]

as a recent inductee into the Triple 6 Crew I see why they would want a breh to be married

 

[Dave24]

That was certainly true in previous decades but hasn't been the case in the 00s, 10s, or 20s. If anything there are still many professions where a married person may get promoted before a single person, but the single person will ultimately get promoted too.

Are you starting to hear wedding bells @Piff Perkins

 

[Avisible Man]

Straight outta The Departed

 

[-DMP-]

There’s a reason they called wives and children “the ole ball and chain”

Those dudes are anchored and make better (work) slaves.

You prone to take more shyt and stick around longer when you got mouths to feed.