the current meta game is: you work over-time to deliver more and exceed expectations, then you get promotion and +money if you don't expect promotion, then the

the current meta game is: you work over-time to deliver more and exceed expectations, then you get promotion and +money if you don't expect promotion, then there is no incentive to over-work and overdeliver. This is how modern tech companies get ahead of legacy corps: hire young high energy and high capability folks, and let me compete with each other for tiny pool of promotion money. As a result everyone will overwork, but you have to pay only to a few who gets promoted.