Former YouTube Employee Shares Experience with Promotion Denials and Decision to Leave
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Summary
A former YouTube employee shares their personal journey of leaving the company after facing repeated promotion denials despite significant contributions. The article details their experience with the promotion process, feelings of being undervalued despite being recognized as indispensable by colleagues, and the emotional impact of being told they lacked 'enough impact' for promotion. The narrative explores the disconnect between individual contributions and corporate promotion criteria, leading to their eventual decision to leave YouTube.
Key quotes
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people all across the org knew me and said I was indispensable to the company and were surprised that I wasn't already at an L5/6 level
I helped launch/lead features on YouTube, I led teams, I designed and implemented systems that were still in use to that day by many people
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