sims not getting promoted, only raises

Sims 4, playing on a mac - my sims has not been getting promoted for over a month now (real time) and instead comes home with lots of raises (also yes i'm playing hyunju from squid game lol). i've got all the bases covered in terms of work requirements and such, and i'm not using any mods/cc. i know this is a known bug since july but has ANYONE found a fix to this? my sim had the entrepreneurial trait but i removed that a long time ago after reading that that worked for some folks. unfortunately it did not work for me. i've tried other suggestions like playing another household for 15 mins or so and coming back, also doesn't fix the issue. i've tried quitting the career and rejoining it, does not work.  my sim still can't get promoted, her performance bar will move up a TINY bit when i click "work hard" but then reset right back to the average space every single time. this is driving me insane because careers is a big part of game play enjoyment for me! please anyone help, please EA FIX THIS BUG, thank you