Originally Posted by Unregistered

Most people cannot make it to manager... so most people remain at the associate levels till retirement? (assuming that they do stay all the way - the salary at associate level is enough to enjoy a more-than-decent living, more than say, teachers, at least).

And those who can make it to SM are probably the above-average performers only?
Juts wondering how it really works.. for instance, I've heard that in banks, everyone can make it to AVP at least (it's only a matter of how long it takes).