When the next level up is same as

[Anonymous]

When the next level up for promotion is the same as your manager- how to handle?

The situation: I’m more than qualified for the promotion, and I’ve proven myself time and again. My work is visible to leadership and I have been publicly recognized for my work.

The challenge: my manager is very insecure, so she spends more time self-promoting than focusing on doing her work. I told her in our 1:1 that I’d like a promotion. She said she will look into it, but she thought I needed to do additional things. I checked what she said with HR, and they said, nope, not accurate.

What is the solution ? I’d like to talk to my manager about it, but I don’t feel like I can trust her anymore.

[Anonymous]

You need someone besides your manager to support you here.

[Anonymous]

Ugh an insecure manager is the worst. From experience, I've seen (and been) secure managers who promote stellar employees and then the managers get promoted because those above them see that things are out of whack.

Can you convince her of this? Hey Jan, when the board sees I'm at your level they'll have to give you a promotion too! Har har