'Don’t fall into the middle manager trap like I did': Senior Employee Trained for Specific Promotion Gets Burned by Company When They Hire Inexperienced Nepo-Baby Instead

Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor

Feb 18, 2023 6:00 PM EST

Working your way up in a company usually means ending up in a middle management position at least for a good little while. Starting from the bottom of the pyramid means you have a longer way to work up, but it isn't impossible. So you work hard and harder until it would be absolutely bonkers for you not to make your way to the top of the pyramid. However, some people skip some steps in a very unfair way because of nepotism.

If you don't know what nepotism is, it's basically when people get hire or promoted not because they are good employees but because they are related in some way. It's whack. This is exactly what happened to one employee who recently took to Reddit to express his frustrations. The guy had been working at the company for several years now. He worked his hardest and was sure he would get the promotion he deserved. It seemed obvious to him and all his coworkers. However, when the position became available, the higher ups went around his back and hired a different person.

He thought maybe they hired someone who just simply was better for the job, which he could accept. However, he found out that the person who stole his promotion was just a nepo-baby from a family with money who has political pull in the company. The new manager is extremely inexperienced and has no idea what he is doing and the employee who worked hard for years is rightful upset.

Read all about it below.