This is accurate, not for me but for another person on my team. He struggled for years to get promoted because of a perceived lack of focus from upper managemen

This is accurate, not for me but for another person on my team. He struggled for years to get promoted because of a perceived lack of focus from upper management. In reality he was handling a big part of the TL's job and several other people's job. The happy part of the story is that he got promoted a few months ago.