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Would it be the Sergeants in a unit or the Warrant Officer?
Northern Ranger said:Not trying to sound like a know it all, but it has been my experience that the cpl or any member at any rank for that matter that has the biggest influence on their promotion. Yes the current system my have its flaws but hard work, good work and good attitudes and respect from peers do alot more for you than anything I may have to say about you. If you don't have those qualities, very little will get done for you by anyone. I know its not the case all of the time but I think it is in a majority of the cases.
-Skeletor- said:Aside from your CoC recommending you for leadership, a lot of it comes down to you. Are you competant? Do you show leadership? Maturity? Job knowledge?, etc
Also, you don't need to be a Cpl to be recommended and course loaded for PLQ. Buddy(031 Pte) of mine was good at what he did, showed leadership, etc and got course loaded while some Cpls didn't. On completion of PLQ he was promoted to Cpl then a few days or a week later he was promoted to MCpl.
Infanteer90 said:All good input guys, but specifically between the Sergeants and the Warrant Officer who do you think it would be? In my experience it's the Sergeants who rank the corporals from #1 down and who tell the Warrant who is performing and who has potential. I realize that the Warrant is required for promotion administration but I don't believe that a Warrant should ever unilaterally decide which of the corporals in his unit will be promoted without consideration of the input of the Sergeants. At least not if the Sergeants are competent and doing their jobs. Am I wrong?
Infanteer90 said:I don't believe that a Warrant should ever unilaterally decide which of the corporals in his unit will be promoted without consideration of the input of the Sergeants.
CDN Aviator said:I'm going to guess that you have an issue with your WO ?
Infanteer90 said:. That's how it worked in my old army unit but now that I'm in the air force (after an OT) it seems that more weight is given to the Warrant's opinion. This is a flawed process in my opinion as the Warrants don't interact with the corporals on a daily basis or see them at work as often as the Sergeants do.
PMedMoe said:Best advice I ever heard: You are your own career manger.
CDN Aviator said:I am about 2 weeks away from promotion to WO but will still see my troops every day, will still fly with them and will still be more than able to form my own opinion about their performance and potential. I am currently relied on as a Sgt to determine those things but the WO gets to act as a sanity check because he sees everyone, not just the few guys i supervises. You cannot do objective evaluations without the immediate supervisor but you cannot do it either without the "big picture" that the next higher supervisor has.
D3 said:In my experience the person writing your PER has the most influence unless you have sufficiently impressed a very senior person who then becomes your "godfather."