Another Admin Day I am not so sure I want to attend. Today is the only day of the week I get to work remotely, but I am debating whether to go into the office for a free lunch my department is having.
I found out about this department lunch on Monday, but it said nothing about it being for Admin Day. I wish I had known so I could have prepared in advance. I only realized it was Admin Day until this morning when I turned on my work laptop and saw an email of an ecard from my director supervisor. She isn't going to be there for the lunch either.
I have put a lot of extra effort into my job, working extra hours, doing work that no admin should be doing, saving my department from massive pitfalls they are even unaware of that could break their entire organization and affect 160k people in some way.
I don't get bonuses. I have the lowest salary in my department that is 50-80k lower than everyone else and I have been recognized by my supervisors for carrying the entire load of things passed down from the directors at the top. If I slipped up, everything else would break.
I constantly give this job more than I should and it has made me overly stressed and sick frequently. I don't feel it is worth it anymore. Just to be recognized for one day where some of my coworkers don't even know it is Admin Day and are just going for the free lunch.
The workers at the bottom always do the most and get paid the less. I think I'll just stay home today.