Giddy Tigers

There are several methods one can employ to move up or get promoted within a company:
• Work hard to get promoted: The conventional way
• Lie back and relax, do what you have been doing, as long as you don’t make anyone angry: Good to be used in Japanese companies, where you are guaranteed a promotion if you have the right seniority level.
• Leave the company and get rehired in a few months: Latest method used. More often than not, when one gets rehired, they are hired at a much higher post and of course, fatter pay packet.

Method 3 is gaining popularity nowadays. Which one would you choose?