Google tells employees that fewer of them will get promotions to senior roles

Re:Google tells employees that fewer of them will get promot... by crazygringo on Monday March 06, 2023 @08:07PM (#35050166)

The word "senior" varies by level for different job tracks -- for some it's not even until L7 (or at least it was this way in the past).

But my understanding is that, across most job tracks, it's expected that everyone should get promoted to L5 eventually just by working hard.

While it's never expected to get to L6. You might get to L5 and just stay there forever. L6 requires a certain level of achievement that they don't expect everyone to be able to achieve. That's what sets it apart.

So it makes sense this is the level where they're closing the gate even more.

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Re:Google tells employees that fewer of them will get promot... by eep_social on Monday March 06, 2023 @08:29PM (#35050318)

I recently heard but did not verify that L4 is now terminal instead of 5 which makes a ton of sense to me and also puts this new tidbit in context.

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Re:Google tells employees that fewer of them will get promot... by lokar on Monday March 06, 2023 @08:16PM (#35050230)

It’s been a few years since I had access to the data, for for a long time 6+ made up about 10% of ICs

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