If you’re a veteran in a civilian job, here’s the hard truth:
You can be disciplined, reliable, low-drama, and still get passed over—because corporate doesn’t just reward competence. It rewards perception, positioning, relationships, and your ability to translate your value in civilian language.
And the scariest part? The absence of feedback doesn’t mean you’re doing great. Sometimes it means you’re being tolerated… until you’re quietly eliminated.
If this hits, you’re not broken—you’re just running the wrong operating system.
