Originally Posted by Unregistered

Most of them don't have a choice tbh. Once you are in service for that long and stuck, anything can be done to you and you don't have much say to retaliate (apart from resigning).

They likely have reached their ceiling and will never promote to MX10. If there is a slot, either some scholar left or one of them is highly favoured by the bosses, then maybe yeah.

There are some bosses that are quite blunt and will tell their staff to prepare for retirement. That is the most direct signal your ceiling has been reached and your boss will not fight for you anymore.

If you are up for leadership, usually you will be told in your 1 to 1. If you never hear of such things, then likely is you are not going to rise anymore.