I was in this very same situation for several years with a manager who just clearly didn’t have what it took to manage people. He grew, as a result of being on

I was in this very same situation for several years with a manager who just clearly didn’t have what it took to manage people. He grew, as a result of being on a small team early, to oversee the largest team in the company only to eventually lose all of his direct reports and become an individual contributor. The problem was (and is) despite horrible performance over several years, he’s still with the company making the same salary he was as a manager because he’s friends with the CEO. I was able to make it to a prominent role within the company by playing ball and pulling levers at the right time, so it is possible, but the moral of the story is if you work for a company that rewards that sort of underperformance, it’s likely always going to be a problem as long as leadership remains the same. You’re probably better off to search for a new role - which is exactly what I ended up doing in the long run anyway.