> First of all, they were not making this comment in order to justify why they didn't get promoted. You claimed they were purposely lounging at L6. I called bu

> First of all, they were not making this comment in order to justify why they didn't get promoted. You claimed they were purposely lounging at L6. I called bullshit on that, and explicitly mentioned Aesop's "The fox and the grapes". It's unbelievable to claim that they are not L7 because they don't want it. You need to outrun everyone in the whole company, and even then you are limited by circumstances and track record.