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Thanks for taking the time to share your opinions. I'm glad you're enjoying working with others who are good people. I wanted to share a little bit more information on promotions as your understanding that they are hard to come by or come slowly is not accurate. We promote our people when they have shown the ability to perform at the next level, when they have shown that they have sufficiently mastered the leadership, delivery, and technical skills at the current level. On average, our people spend about 2.5 years at a level before promoting. There is no need to beg for a promotion as we systematically review each employee twice a year and consider their contributions and readiness for promotion in January and July. We follow that up with a career checkpoint, again twice a year. Your career advisor will meet with you throughout the year. You're getting project-based feedback throughout the year that is also a barometer of how your are progressing and performing. We don't feel like we "have to" promote people. We feel that we GET TO PROMOTE them, and we celebrate each round of promotions with a published list and local recognitions around the world. Our business model works as people learn and grow, and we have every incentive as a business to promote people as soon as they are ready, having proven they can contribute and succeed at the higher level. If you need to discuss this matter further, I hope you will contact HR or one of your advisors - or me directly. (SR)