Originally Posted by Unregistered

Your SB rings a bell; does it's acronym have two "A" in it? Nonetheless, it's a surprise that your SB actually follows the Civil Service increment in 2012. My previous SB gave us the usual HR talk and says that they will include that component in for our annual MI, but of course did not materialize.

I think you're doing quite well, bearing in mind that your starting salary was below 3k and that you took a paycut cum "demotion" in grade. Though you may start to see your younger peers taking a shorter time to hit your salary simply because their starting pay is higher.