I'm a L6 SDM and do agree that there is a lot of scope for screwing up people's careers at this level, whether through incompetence or malice. If your org cons

I'm a L6 SDM and do agree that there is a lot of scope for screwing up people's careers at this level, whether through incompetence or malice. If your org consistently has subpar SDMs, are there datapoints that support this statement (eg: attrition/failed promo docs/prfaqs/goals tracking)? If so, then as a L7, can you escalate this as a systemic issue? If not, what datapoints can you find to make you confident this is a systemic issue? Scary to escalate for sure but if your L8 isn't going to listen to you with an open mind maybe you need another L8.