Depending on your role and department, opportunities for advancement are next to none. The review and evaluation system is unfair. You are normed against your entire department even those who have vastly different jobs than you. Norming takes place before your review so your review is adjusted so that you fit the arbitrary number that they gave you.

Learn about your benefits and take the time to understand them- especially maternity leave and the sick bank.

You gain flexibility only with trust and performance. I am not the norm.