What is going to happen with the BofA Associate Bloat

Apparently several groups at BofA have 15+ ASO3s… there’s no way all of them can get promoted to VP. Will the bank be forced to do a RIF? Will they just promote everyone?

The bottom performers aren’t leaving even with $0 bonuses because they lack attractiveness on the open market and BofA doesn’t fire people. Has anyone ever seen anything like this?

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I am all for DEI in recruitment. However, once we start working the yardstick should be the same for everyone. The fact that 30-50% promotion spots are reserved for females regardless of their performance vis-a-vis male peers is flawed and against the ethos of capitalism. To make things worse, seniors will acknowledge these quotas among VP+ discussions, however, to the female A&As they will make it look like these promotions were well-deserved and they were top performers yet they would never let them be focal points on deal teams or hold the pen on live deal models 

 
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