Why do some investment Banks have a 3-years analyst program while some banks promote analysts to associates in just 2 years?

Given how competitive is for top investment banks to attract top talent (we saw this last year with all banks rising salaries to match peers), don’t investment banks with 3 years analyst stint realize that they are at a terrible competitive disadvantage?

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