u/TreeHumble7290

I am holding 6000 shares @ 2.26

I’m feeling pretty stuck and would really appreciate some outside perspective.

Over the past few months, my workload has ramped up a lot—especially after a my direct manager was laid off. Since then, I’ve essentially been picking up a lot of higher-level responsibilities (things I’d consider manager-level), but without any formal promotion, compensation change, or even clear acknowledgment of that shift.

On top of that, there’s very little structure. There’s no clear prioritization, no real backup coverage, and I’m constantly in “firefighting mode” jumping between urgent asks. A lot of things just default to me, even when they probably shouldn’t. It’s gotten to the point where even taking a day off feels risky because there’s no one to pick things up.

What’s frustrating is that I’ve been told I could be up for promotion… but one of the reasons given is that I “don’t have enough visibility” with senior leadership. Which honestly feels ironic because I’m doing so much behind the scenes just to keep things running.

I’ll also admit this is a weak spot for me—I’m not great at self-promoting or broadcasting what I’m doing. I tend to just put my head down and get things done.

Lately I’ve been feeling really burnt out. I even took a sick/mental health day recently because I just couldn’t keep up the pace anymore. I’m starting to feel resentful and honestly having thoughts about quitting, which isn’t like me.

Complicating things further, my partner and I are trying to conceive, so I’m also thinking about things like maternity leave, stability, etc. which makes the decision harder.

I guess I’m trying to figure out:

Is this a “normal” phase I should push through, or a sign I’m being taken advantage of?

How do I set boundaries or push back without hurting my reputation?

How do you actually gain visibility in a role like this without just taking on even more work?

At what point do you decide it’s not worth it anymore and start looking elsewhere?

Would really appreciate any advice or similar experiences.

If you were in my position, what would you do in the next 1–3 months?

I’m feeling pretty stuck and would really appreciate some outside perspective.

Over the past few months, my workload has ramped up a lot—especially after a my direct manager was laid off. Since then, I’ve essentially been picking up a lot of higher-level responsibilities (things I’d consider manager-level), but without any formal promotion, compensation change, or even clear acknowledgment of that shift.

On top of that, there’s very little structure. There’s no clear prioritization, no real backup coverage, and I’m constantly in “firefighting mode” jumping between urgent asks. A lot of things just default to me, even when they probably shouldn’t. It’s gotten to the point where even taking a day off feels risky because there’s no one to pick things up.

What’s frustrating is that I’ve been told I could be up for promotion… but one of the reasons given is that I “don’t have enough visibility” with senior leadership. Which honestly feels ironic because I’m doing so much behind the scenes just to keep things running.

I’ll also admit this is a weak spot for me—I’m not great at self-promoting or broadcasting what I’m doing. I tend to just put my head down and get things done.

Lately I’ve been feeling really burnt out. I even took a sick/mental health day recently because I just couldn’t keep up the pace anymore. I’m starting to feel resentful and honestly having thoughts about quitting, which isn’t like me.

Complicating things further, my partner and I are trying to conceive, so I’m also thinking about things like maternity leave, stability, etc. which makes the decision harder.

I guess I’m trying to figure out:

Is this a “normal” phase I should push through, or a sign I’m being taken advantage of?

How do I set boundaries or push back without hurting my reputation?

How do you actually gain visibility in a role like this without just taking on even more work?

At what point do you decide it’s not worth it anymore and start looking elsewhere?

Would really appreciate any advice or similar experiences.

If you were in my position, what would you do in the next 1–3 months?

Hi everyone, I’m honestly having a really rough day and could use some reassurance or perspective.

We have a 12 week old shepherd mix puppy and up until recently things felt like they were starting to improve. We had a bit of a routine going, fewer biting episodes, better naps, etc.

But today feels like everything has fallen apart.

He peed on his bed and also had an accident on the floor

He’s been biting constantly (and “no” doesn’t seem to do anything)

He refuses the crate and even tries to jump out of the pen

He won’t settle for naps and wakes up every ~30 minutes

He follows us everywhere and starts whining if we even leave the room for a minute

We do try to make sure he gets exercise—today we even took him for a 20 minute walk—but it almost seems like that didn’t help and maybe even made things worse?

My husband and I both work from home, so we’ve been able to keep an eye on him, but it’s getting overwhelming because he can’t seem to tolerate being alone at all right now.

I feel like we’ve gone backwards overnight and I’m honestly sitting here in tears wondering if we’re doing something wrong or if this is normal at this age.

Has anyone gone through something like this around 12 weeks? Is this just a phase or does it mean we’ve messed something up?

Would really appreciate any advice or even just hearing that this gets better.