I had been working at Lakeview Technologies in Nairobi for almost five years when I first realized something was off. My name is Daniel Okello, and I had started as a junior analyst fresh out of university, full of ambition and ready to climb the corporate ladder. I loved my job and often stayed late to ensure projects were delivered perfectly. Yet, every time a promotion opportunity arose, I was either overlooked or told I “needed more experience.” My colleagues, some with less experience and lower performance, would advance while I remained stuck.
At first, I brushed it off as coincidence. Perhaps there were others more suitable for management, I thought. But after the third blocked promotion in just two years, I began to suspect something deeper. I noticed subtle things—my suggestions ignored in meetings, credit for my work quietly claimed by others, and emails that were never replied to while my colleagues received prompt responses. The frustration grew unbearable. I started losing sleep, wondering why my hard work seemed to disappear into thin air.…CONTINUE READING
