How do you express to a manager that you want to take on more responsibility? I keep getting the cold shoulder and told "you have your work" whenever I ask. I'm not sure if I'm going about it the wrong way or it's time to look elsewhere, but I feel like I'm stagnating where I am.

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You could be stagnating and need to look for something else - always a possibility.

At the same time - make it easy on your manager. A request to give you responsibility is on them to figure it out. A request to take on specific work is you already figuring it out. "I noticed John has 5 work packages and is pretty overwhelmed right now, I can jump in and own one of those to make us all more productive." "Looks like no one has the time to look after x - I can pick that up and be point when we're in meetings with the client".

There are times when asking for more responsibility works out - because your manager is sympathetic to job progression and has the ability to figure it out. Unfortunately, there are also times that you are your only advocate - either because your boss doesn't care or maybe just doesn't see an opportunity to get it done.

If you ask for specific responsibilities and you aren't getting them - move on.

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It’s time to learn some skill, take a sandbox and spend some time there to learn !! Chances like these are very rare!! I used such chances and learnt the entire Logistics module in few months!

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I think that’s a really great advice.

It’s not you,it’s the manager. Find another mentor who is supportive and wants to help.

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Are you sure you’re knocking out your current workload to standard? That’s usually what a manager says when someone asks for more responsibility but isn’t really performing with their current tasks. Just something to think about.

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Maybe they feel you need to focus on doing a better job with the work you have? But don’t stop anyone from allowing you to learn more. Always keep adding to your skill set

I have plenty of work for you

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