All of us are frustrated about the company's (lack of) leveling system A previous employer took the explicit decision not to have formal levels because they di

All of us are frustrated about the company's (lack of) leveling system A previous employer took the explicit decision not to have formal levels because they didn't want people to fixate on individual promotion, instead to focus on the organisations goals. To me that seems in conflict with some basic commercial forces operating in the market. You can possibly pull that off if you're also offering a job for life with salary that keeps pace with the market, and amazingly interesting work so noone ever gets bored and just fancies a change. Bell Labs or Xerox or a legendary company like those could do it. But very few companies like that exist now, and this wasn't one of them.