I don’t know what wrong with me?
I have a seemingly perfect life at the moment. Lovely life and lovely job, or so many think.
The thing is I feel very undervalued at work and feel like I am constantly overlooked for people who are quite obviously favourites of my boss. Especially when the people that are being chosen are at the same level of experience as myself. It’s been extremely hard on my own self esteem as I do believe in myself but this is making me question if I really am good enough? I feel like this negativity is starting to seep into my personal life as feel less then adequate in my life right now with my own family. It’s caused me to lash out at my partner unnecessarily about some wedding plans we had been trying to organise.
I’m not sure I would be able to talk to my boss without sounding like I was up myself or calling them out.
Is it just best to give up a job I love doing because of this? Or is this just something I need to get over?
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I would, in a professional manner, ask what steps you need to take to be promoted within the company. Ask them why you have been passed up in the past and how you can improve yourself and have a better chance next time. No emotion, just a professional question.