Well yeah, the reason I mentioned the level up is that sometimes your manager is the problem, and sometimes your manager isn't telling the business about the problem.

If both of those are part of the problem (don't worry! All is well!), rather than realistic (we know there are serious problems here but we think there's a chance/we'd like to try anyway), then it's time to think about the systemic problems and consider finding yourself a new job (IMHO).