A high-level agent was suddenly parachuted in to fill the vacancy.
In other words, if he wants to be promoted to a high-level agent, he has to wait for the next opportunity.
But when will that be? He doesn't know.
The Tobacco, Alcohol and Dangerous Goods Administration is a department directly under Congress, with vertical management. The only way to get a vacancy for a high-level agent is for someone to be promoted.
But as a vertically managed department where each role fits into its own niche, promoting a high-level agent means needing an empty director position first.
This is a very young agency, formed with elite talent selected by Congress from various law enforcement agencies nationwide.
The oldest is just over fifty, and the youngest are young men in their twenties.
In other words, he might have to wait more than ten years to be promoted to a high-level agent through normal processes. How could he not be angry?
