Originally Posted by Unregistered

that's bad.. but from the other angle..

once you are promoted, you will get promotion increment and then apply merit increment in your promoted grade, isn't it also possible?

btw, how come i see so many posts hitting ceiling, is it so common? i dont hear (or maybe they dont share) any of my colleague hitting ceiling.. even for a colleague who join as mx11 10 yrs ago and currently at mx11a