The "Remote Promotion Penalty" Is Real.
Remote Work Secrets - Edition #11
What's Inside:
The 31% Gap: Why remote workers are statistically getting screwed on raises.
The "Out of Sight" Bias: The psychological reason your manager forgets you exist.
The "Signal Protocol": 3 specific tactics to manufacture executive visibility without being annoying.
This Week’s Roles: Senior, high-signal remote jobs.
Remote workers are getting screwed on promotions. Not because they're less capable or less productive. But because the game is rigged, and most people don't even realize they're playing it wrong.
The data is ugly:
• Remote workers get promoted 31% less frequently than their office counterparts.
• Nearly 90% of CEOs admit they prioritize in-office employees for raises and career-advancing projects.
• 42% of managers admit they sometimes forget remote workers exist when assigning high-visibility tasks.
If you're working remotely and wondering why your career feels stuck while your desk-warming colleagues keep climbing, this isn't in your head. This is proximity bias. And Stanford economist Nicholas Bloom calls it what it is: discrimination.
But complaining about the bias won't get you the raise.
Engineering your visibility will.