> you’d all be waiting for your promotion at the power plant when someone dies and frees up a position for you. I already am. I've been at my job for 13 and a

> you’d all be waiting for your promotion at the power plant when someone dies and frees up a position for you. I already am. I've been at my job for 13 and a half years, I"ve moved up exactly 0 times. Someone has to quit/retire, get fired or die to free up positions and even then you only have 2 jumps until you're manager, from there you only move up to senior manager and then you're into corporate level positions. My senior manager has been here for the better part of 30 years and probably has another 15-20 in her at which time she'll almost certainly be replaced by someone from another office in another state as her boss's position was when she retired a few years ago (her direct reports were just given to someone already in a similar position in another state).