> There was nowhere near enough big projects to get everyone the evidence they needed for promotions.
Would the goal be to promote everyone? Who's going to do the work they all used to do?
Would the goal be to promote everyone? Who's going to do the work they all used to do?
Several years back, you had to also eventually get to L5. This was more affected by promo culture, but was also largely unenforced, which is why they get rid of the formal requirement to get to L5.
I'm unsarcastically glad that you had a different experience at Google than me. This was not my experience, nor the experience of anyone else on my immediate team.