Just got out of a conversation with my manager and the above was a quote that really stuck out to me.
First of all, "recognition" doesn't pay my bills, my salary does... but I'd like to know what you all think about this kind of managerial attitude. My place of employment, to the best of my knowledge, does not give out monetary bonuses... but we do get pizza parties when the contract wins an award fee (woo...).
I have a story from when my mom first started working salary. She was busting her ass, putting in 45+ hour weeks, not getting paid over time, and it was really taking a toll on her. She repeatedly said she wished she was hourly so she would make what she should be but kept it up because she believed that working that hard would reflect positively and she'd get a decent raise the next year.
The review period came and when she got home that night I could just tell something was wrong. I asked how it went and she just tossed a Snickers bar at me. She said she was "recognized" for her outstanding performance and was given a candy bar. And something like a 1-2% raise. She quit about 3 months later.
Every time I hear a manager talk about rewards other than boosts to salary, I recall this story / memory. I think they just want to give me a Snickers and tell me to go fuck myself for working hard. Recognition is nice and all, but a $5 gift card to Subway hardly makes up for taking on progressively more and more responsibility. And really, in my opinion, kind of feels like a slap in the face... All this extra stuff I do is only worth $5 to you? Why even bother doing the extra then?
So, again, how do you all react to the managerial attitude that there are other ways to recognize above and beyond performance other than an increase to salary?
Maybe I'm just in a negative space and need perspective.
Submitted June 19, 2017 at 05:21PM by wittyname83 http://ift.tt/2sjrPsE
