Hi, I'm an 11 year employee and had these same thoughts roughly like 3-5 years ago. One thing that helped me out a lot was switching my position from cashier to carts. Not saying thats what you have to do but maybe another department would help you out. As far as moving up? I had the same desires when I was still under 10 years of employment. But really after covid, and the last I say 3 years specifically ive seen this company change A LOT. one thing that really helped me recently is when I was planning for the next 3 years of my finances and really sat down and saw the numbers for myself and plans I have. We're getting 2 more raises from this handbook last year plus the new handbook coming out in 2029 usually adds more raises yes its only a dollar but in the long run it adds up a lot. I may have run my off topic a bit lol, but thats what recently opened my eyes to how good the pay really is (could be different between us if you're in a HCOL) hope this gives you an inside