How many months before the promotion is the promotion document written. What are dates on which the promotion becomes effective.
Thanks what if some one wants to move or work remotely while this is going on. Will this impact the promotion assuming the manager is showing interest
It shouldn't take long, if you write enough wikis and leave a paper trail as and when you are doing the work. Mine took 15 days, including all approvals, reviews etc. But you need to have discussions with your manager on each section during 1:1s (you both agreeing it meets the bar and asking/proposing for appropriate tasks to fill in the gap) and that should be started 3-4 months before promo. Usually they discuss this during OLR and if your leadership agrees, manager will push you to write the doc and start showing more interest. It's just a formality and bunch of documentation after that point. 1st day of every quarter is when promos are effective, I believe.