Marada Goals : The Promotion Hunt - A Log

Current jobs (as of Nov 19, 2021)
. . . . 16 (Flupper) model
. . . . 15 (Zymbal) athlete
. . . . 9 (ScampersMadly) veterinarian
. . . . 4 (CarnivalDancer) entrepreneur

2021 Nov 19 started 25 more pets in new jobs (level 1)

2021 Nov 22 Everlasting Spirit to 2 teacher
2021 Nov 22 Zymbal to 16 (offer from early Jan 2021 I hadn't accepted)
2021 Nov 27 LowRider to 2 police
2021 Dec 05 Aquilegia to 2 architect
2021 Dec 08 SpaceRacer to 2 journalist
2021 Dec 27 Quickerest to 2 banker
2021 Dec 29 Everlasting Spirit to 3
2022 Jan 11 Zimtsterne to 2 chef
2022 Feb 08 Varunna to 2 mechanic
2022 Feb 10 Slightly_Feisty to 2 banker
2022 Feb 21 Chisu to 2 policeman
2022 Feb 24 Aldebaran to 2 policeman
2022 Feb 25 -- had all but 9 resign their jobs --
2022 Feb 27 Zimtsterne to 3 chef
2022 Feb 27 Slightly_Feisty to 3 banker
2022 Feb 28 ScampersMadly to 10 vet .,. level 67
2022 Mar 27 Zymbal to 17 athlete .... level 68
2022 Apr 04 Slightly_Feisty to 4 banker
2022 Apr 06 Varunna to 3 mechanic
2022 Apr 13 Zymbal to 18 athlete .... level 69
2022 Apr 18 Zimtsterne to 4 chef
2022 Apr 26 Varunna to 4 mechanic
2022 Apr 28 Zimtsterne to 5 chef
2022 May 02 Aquilegia to 3 architect
2022 May 09 Aquilegia to 4 architect
2022 May 19 CarnivalDancer to 5 entrepreneur
2022 May 22 Slightly_Feisty to 5 banker
2022 Jun 24 All but top 3 quit their jobs
2022 Aug 29 ScampersMadly to 11 vet ... level 75
2022 Oct 17 Flupper to 17 model
2022 Oct 19 Flupper to 18 model
2022 Oct 23 ScampersMadly to 12 vet

I used to have 19 pets with jobs, then had most resign around April 2021, thinking that my best educated pets would have a better chance at promotions if I had fewer pets with jobs. It didn't work - just cost them job levels lol.

Until January/February 2021, I never ever EVER had to wait one month for a pet to be promoted from level 1 to level 2 - now, near the end of Dec 2021, only 4/25 have made it. They were all getting promotions in 2020.

At the current rate, I will attain Mara progress level 75 in 10 years MAYBE, regardless of all the happy-talk that nothing has changed. Something DID change in mid/late Jan 2021. I was training my pets and getting promotions in 2020 and early Jan 2021, and then the promotions just totally stopped.

mid-Feb 2022 - None of my 3 top-job-level pets have had any promotion offers in over a year, despite all of them having had many lessons (both school and university) in that time. I have been patient for a long time now.

late Feb 2022 - Chisu was almost selected for Police Officer promotion but the boss decided against it. SpaceRacer got a similar notice yesterday.
In each case, the pet was overqualified in both courses and learnies. Along those lines, my level 16 model is qualified for level 20 and hasn't had a promotion offer since early Jan 2021.

Why are over 15 pets still at job level 1 after 3 months?
Why should I bother training them?
What is wrong?
Needed: Accept a level 7 or higher Job Promotion . . . . HAHAHAHA
Every time I see a banner telling me where I stand in Marada goals, it irks me.

Feb 25, 2022 - Progress, hopefully. I learned that another player with 22 pets (5 with jobs) gets both promotions and "boss decided against it" at about the same rate I do. So they are evidently given out per player .... and having a lot of pets with jobs means those promotions are going to be spread out between them. So I had all but 9 resign - kept the ones with highest job levels, and then the ones with highest qualifications.

This still does not explain the complete lack of promotions from Mid-Jan to Mid-Nov 2021. But whatever, something got fixed. And I think having fewer pets will work!

This has been very frustrating - there should be a wiki here, and it should include saying that having too many pets with jobs will lengthen the time it takes to get one to an advanced job level. In my experience, game wikis help with player retention.

June ‎24, ‎2022 - Top 3 pets still not getting job offers. It's been over 1.5 years for Flupper now. Therefore I had all others quit their jobs.

Aug 24, 2022 - No job offers or even boss deciding against a promotion, since May.

How totally boring.

2022 Aug 29 Finally, a useful promotion ^_^. Went from Marada level 69 to level 75 in a few minutes, all else was done already.