I think it is a culture/approach thing. Where I am, you have a job with a pay band. As time goes by you pretty much automatically go up the pay bands unless yo

I think it is a culture/approach thing. Where I am, you have a job with a pay band. As time goes by you pretty much automatically go up the pay bands unless you have done something drastically poor. Once you hit the top, that's pretty much it. "Performance planning" is universally seen as mostly for show, so that HR can say they are implementing best practice. If we didn't have to do it we'd breathe a sigh of relief. Different horses on different courses.