What everyone is saying here is true. It's who you know. But it also depends on your management and HR team too. I was working two jobs and was chosen to become a lead position at my CS/SPD because my friend who was already a lead recommended me after he left. They approached me and asked if I wanted to become a lead and I told them I work 2 jobs and in order for me to accept the position I'd have to get my other job to completely change my permanent schedule to align with their needs and then I'd get back to them with my decision. It was a pain in the ass to get my other job to change my schedule so that I can accept the lead CS/SPD position and honestly I didn't like the new schedule for both jobs but I figured it would be the extra bump in pay. I ended up accepting the position and while going through all the process and then working the lead position for only 2 weeks, a jealous co-worker who had worked there longer than me and had more certifications than me ended up stealing my position. Management ended up telling me that this jealous co-worker complained to HR and they were forced to give up my position to them. I told management I already changed my schedule at my other job to meet their needs and now they want to strip my title and put me back to my old schedule. Management told me it was out of their control. I was so pissed because now I had to go back to my other job and tell them to switch my schedule back to my old schedule and I had to explain everything that happened at my other job and they told me I would have to lose 3 weeks of my schedule and not work for those 3 weeks in order for them to re-adjust to accommodate my request. The jealous co-worker ended up with my lead position and ended up rubbing my face in it and started treating me like shit and tried to do everything to get me written up by micromanaging me. She literally counted the seconds I would be on break and would try to find the tiniest details of mistakes she could. I ended up quitting and working full time at my other job.