Created something valuable at work and got cut out of the project
My company, like many others, is investing heavily in AI, so I built a custom AI tool for my office. It ended up getting a lot of positive attention, and leadership decided they wanted to scale it across the entire company.
The only reason the project got visibility was because I shared it with our corporate AI team. At first, I was included in discussions about how to expand it, but eventually they just took the idea and ran with it. Since then, I've received essentially no credit, but honestly, that's not even what bothers me the most. What frustrates me is that I've been completely left out of the team building the company-wide version. I don't need recognition I just want the opportunity to contribute to something I created and potential to take on more responsibility.
I recently brought this up with the head of the AI team and told him I'd really like to be involved. His response was something along the lines of, "We could use your feedback on what you'd like to see in the field," as if I hadn't built the original tool in the first place.
I've been with this company for six years, and this project was the only thing I've done that I am proud of...the rest of my job is basically grunt work that I don't enjoy and doesn't fill my time. This felt like my best opportunity to take on a larger role and grow my career, and now it feels like that opportunity has disappeared.
I'm honestly at the point where I've considered quitting over it.
Has anyone else been in a situation like this? If so, how did you handle it?