Most common reasons for feeling stuck include not escalating as fast as possible in your company. Not actually enjoying the work that you're doing doesn't feel fulfilling or purposeful. Feeling like pigeon holed yourself in your career, so you don't have a lot of options. wanting to leave, but you're stuck on a work visa, which limits your options. Your company feels slow and lacks innovation, and you just feel like you move at a faster pace than everyone else. And final eight, you have a bad manager and you're not sure what to do about it.