Lack of a promotion has killed my motivation to work
I’ve been at my job for almost 2 years. When I first started here I was told you typically get promoted around the year mark. When I hit my year mark here I had feedback where they said I was doing a good job, but they didn’t promote me.
A month later one of my coworkers left, and I applied for their position because it started $10K higher than what I currently. I was interviewed as a courtesy, but was told I don’t have the experience for it, so I’d have to start at less than the minimum salary shown on the listing. I declined it assuming that I’d be promoted before too long.
That was 8 months ago, and I still haven’t been promoted. The person they hired for the job I applied for was from a different department where I work, and they have even less experience than me. The job also somehow turned into a remote job since they got hired, and I haven’t seen them in 3-4 months. I applied for a job outside of my department 2 months ago, interviewed for it, and never heard back. The job listing for the second job I applied for is still open.
When I had my year end feedback I asked about the promotion and was told “HR won’t let us promote someone into a position someone else is already in since it’s a small department.” They then turned around and promoted another coworker into a position someone else is also in a few months later.
I have basically 0 motivation at work now. I’ll just zone out and at my screen not doing anything despite having endless amounts of work. I’ve been looking for new jobs, but there’s not a lot open where I live. If I didn’t have bills to pay I probably would’ve just stopped showing up at this point.