so get this…where i work, the upper management decided to only give bonuses to those who are the “most exceptional” which of course means the executives and their best friends…. well the fact the company only bring in exceptional people only to tell them they’re not exceptional is one thing. but me being 6 months here i was employee number 25 last year and now we are pushing 100. in my first 5 months, i worked 75+ hrs a week and literally changed the way we communicate with our customers by creating a custom bot on my own time. i had zero experience doing that so i taught myself and then when finished, showed to my manager and we immediately implemented it. it does the job of 5 people. and i did so many other things similar…queue bonus, raise, and promotion time a month ago…while i understand if a company has a minimum amount of time to be promoted or get a raise, i definitely still disagree but w/e. despite all the conversations i had with my manager the whole time and being told i would be eligible for it all, i was told i hadnt been there long enough. ok. fine. but then to be told i didnt deserve a fucking bonus because i did a lot of exceptional things but i didnt check in at a consistent time. also im the ONLY person who works on the weekends and even though nobody has to check out in the weekdays, i was asked go check out too. i straight up refused to do that but everyone else does random ass times too. so what did i do after politely saying i was extremely disappointed in their decision and that they have until June to change their minds on their bullshit policies?
i have immediately stopped working extra time, doing more than the minimum amounts of work and just not volunteering for anything extra. Because while the policy is supposed to prevent mediocrity or complacency, i cant think of a better way to demotivate all of the top people than not giving them a bonus or even recognition for what theyve done…not even a cost of living increase
so you know what….working hard only gets you the opportunity to be disappointed when other people have a say in your life…so fuck being exceptional and not rewarded for it, im gonna just get paid the same to be mediocre. glad their philosophy is working!