[giantg2]

"expect something you "deserve" to come a quarter or two quarters after you've "earned" it."

... if you get it at all.

You don't earn anything. Pay and promotions are unilaterally controlled by management. They decide who to award promotions or raises to. If it were truly earned, there would be an unambiguous or non subjective set of standards that would definitively say that you deserve, and will recieve, a promotion or raise.

"Frustrated that you havnt been promoted even though you have had all the conversations about getting promoted, your boss agrees you should be, and you consistently perform at that level? Give it 3-6 months and it will probably happen."

I met the same criteria you listed for 2 years. It never came. Now I'm 3 years beyond that and am still a midlevel since I had to switch stacks twice.