When an employer wants to keep you around, but has no intention of promoting you, they usually do this:

Save this. You might need this sooner or later! 1️⃣ They give you more work but the same title and the same pay. You are doing a senior job at a junior price. 2️⃣ They say things like you are not ready yet but never tell you specifically what ready actually looks like. 3️⃣ They promote people around you who have less experience and less results. And when you ask why, the answer is always vague. 4️⃣ They give you a good performance review but no raise and no timeline for what comes next. 5️⃣ They keep adding to your responsibilities without ever having a conversation about your growth or your future at the company. 6️⃣ They make you train new people or junior colleagues but never position you as the leader of the team officially. 7️⃣ Every time you bring up your career development the conversation gets redirected or postponed. Next quarter becomes next year becomes never. 8️⃣ They call you a culture add, a team player, someone they could not do without. But none of those compliments come with a promotion or a pay rise. 9️⃣ You are invited to every meeting but never given decision making power in any of them. 🔟 Your manager is supportive in private but never advocates for you in rooms you are not in. Support that is invisible to leadership is not support. It is comfort. If this list felt too familiar, it is time to have the conversation or start making a plan. I am a corporate recruiter turned confidence and career coach for women. Comment ACT for a 1:1 coaching session if you want to take the next step. 🤍 #careers #careercoach #jobsearch #careeradvice #jobs