If you are one of these personality types, you are less likely to get a promotion

1. Is your personality holding you back from getting a promotion?If you thought your work performance is the only yardstick to determine your promotion at work, you are far from the truth. You might have never missed a deadline or always take up more responsibilities at the office, yet you haven’t been promoted for years but your colleague with lesser work ethics or talent walks away with the cake. Ouch! Ever wondered why? Let us tell you the reason—your personality also plays a big role in being promoted at work. So here are six personality types who are less likely to get a promotion.2. The gossipmongerYour communication skills play a major role in getting you noticed but if your communication mostly involves talking about your colleagues, spreading rumours or gossiping during office hours, you are less likely to get promoted even if you’re the star employee of your team.3. Complaint boxYou are most unlikely to get a promotion at work if you constantly keep complaining about your job. According to experts, people who complain often, whether about their work or other’s behaviour, exude negativity and that is not good for teamwork. A good manager would definitely notice this and would never want to promote such a person in his team.4.The pushoverAre you one of those employees who can be easily influenced and as a result end up accommodating other’s request for more work? In short, if you are a doormat who is always working and never saying a word about himself, don’t even expect to be rewarded for your hard work because someone else would take credit for it and get promoted.5. The angry young man or womanIf you lose your temper at the drop of a hat, you might be creating a culture of fear and apprehension among your teammates even without realising it. No one likes to be around a person who has serious anger management issues and it will definitely make him or her a less likely candidate to get that coveted promotion.6. The constant victimThere are people who are controversy’s favourite child and always play the victim card to perfection. Whatever might be the problem, they always come with a good excuse. They will be late to the office but will blame the traffic for their misfortune. They might miss a deadline but it’s never their fault because there was power outage due to which they could not work. They are likely to be the last candidates to be longlisted for a promotion.7. Holier-than-thou attitudeIf you have a holier-than-thou or I-am-better-than-you attitude, you are most likely to consider your colleagues as inferior beings. People with such personality trait are often seen ignoring suggestions for improvements and are always hostile to criticism even if it’s a constructive one. This sure isn’t something that would make you a likely candidate for a promotion, right? 

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