For three years, you’ve been the steady, unseen backbone of the executive floor—the person everyone relies on but no one truly notices. You know exactly how the CEO likes his paperwork formatted down to the smallest margin, which signatures he needs before morning briefings even begin, which calls to patch straight through to his office and which to hold, and how to untangle the endless stream of messy, last-minute urgent tasks no one else dares touch. You keep your head down, your work flawless, and your mouth firmly shut—because you’ve learned the hard way: in this company, competence is expected as bare minimum, but never rewarded half as much as being in the right place at the right time, or catching the right eye. You’ve watched people with half your skill get promotions and bonuses, while you stayed late night after night just to keep the department running.