The promotion that never comes: is waiting it out ever worth it? | Career Advice - Freelance Forum - The Community for Independent Professionals

Hannah Craig · 2026-03-03T23:31:04.180401+00:00

Friends tell me to be patient, but I feel stuck. Should I push harder or keep waiting for it to happen?

My buddy waited five years, nothing changed.

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Actually, what if the real issue is who knows about your work? I got stuck for years until I realized my boss's boss had no idea what I did. Started finding small ways to show my work to the people who actually make promotion choices, like offering help on their projects. The move finally came from that group, not from my direct manager.

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matthewking6mo ago

Why wait if they don't know your name, like abbyr54 said?

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sandra_moore305mo ago

Watched a friend quietly do great work for three years with zero credit. She finally started copying the right people on her weekly updates and got promoted within six months.

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