Honestly, I don't care enough about getting promoted to go through that whole rigmarole, nor would I quit a job over having to deal with that in order to get promoted.
Of course, that's also probably why I don't work at a FAANG and never will.
Of course, that's also probably why I don't work at a FAANG and never will.
I don't think you should let that stop you. I work at Google and don't care about promotion. I expect that I will get it sooner or later but really don't care if I do or not. I get paid enough to live a decent life already so I prefer having the freedom to do what I think matters as opposed to what's good for my career since sadly those don't align as much as they should.
then again, i hate office politics and i cannot see myself getting to close to this kind of big-company.
I'm guessing you don't know how the process works? I'd like to give a summary so you have more context. Apologies if that's incorrect.
Your promotion is decided by a promotion committee, who likely do not know you or what you do. This is done in an attempt to make promotions fair and objective across the company.
That being the case, you need a promotion packet to describe what you've done to people who are basically strangers.
Don't get me wrong, the process has many issues but I don't think it's fair to assess them without understanding their purposes and I don't think anyone I've seen who complains about it has been able to come up with something better.