Long story short, I work for a private equity firm where everyone is a high achiever on high flying salaries. I work i a support function so not one of them (although my salary is also quite high compared to national average for my role). I have recently been overlooked for a promotion and feel as if I am generally being put aside a bit. Other colleagues are getting a lot of interesting projects and visibility whereas I am not. Have raised this with the new head of the function but he is new and very senior and don’t think he has time or headspace to care. Nobody is treating me badly and don’t feel as if I am being pushed out but generally just that people think I am good at my role but don’t shine in gravitas and out of the box thinking. I am a bit fed up with it all and am actively looking to leave but I think it might take months before the right job comes up.
This is really undermining my self esteem though and even though I have managed to build a good career starting from zero (moved to the UK with no work experience 9 years ago) and have always had good review ratings at my current firm, I feel as if I am a failure and not good enough compared to peers. How do I get out of this spiral? I don’t want work dynamics to define me but it’s hard to see the bigger picture when you are still in the spiral.