In one place I worked, this is what they did : hire a lady (always women) as the receptionist, 6 months to a year later, she'll be working (assuming she is interested in it) at a junior position in the marketing department, or become an executive assistant to one of the big bosses (there were a handful of big bosses who needed assistants).
I worked there almost 2 years, and saw 3 women move on from reception to various departments (they also became employees, they were contractors when they were receptionists). Funny thing is, there was no chance for developers to further their career there, though they were paid well (we were just 5 devs with a CTO, so no promotions etc).
Other than this one example, I rarely saw people getting promoted. When people needed a better work/title/pay, they simply found another job.
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In one place I worked, this is what they did : hire a lady (always women) as the receptionist, 6 months to a year later, she'll be working (assuming she is interested in it) at a junior position in the marketing department, or become an executive assistant to one of the big bosses (there were a handful of big bosses who needed assistants).
I worked there almost 2 years, and saw 3 women move on from reception to various departments (they also became employees, they were contractors when they were receptionists). Funny thing is, there was no chance for developers to further their career there, though they were paid well (we were just 5 devs with a CTO, so no promotions etc).
Other than this one example, I rarely saw people getting promoted. When people needed a better work/title/pay, they simply found another job.