My wife recently applied for an internal promotion at her job. She is a nurse and it was for a permanent charge nurse position (marginally better pay, only $3 an hour) but it would make her be in charge every shift. The unit needs more than just the permanent charge as each nurse works 3 days a week and the hospital decided to have only 1 permanent charge position. Right now she is in charge pretty much every shift anyway, on top of orienting practically her entire floor, being on committees, and being a team player to make sure the unit functions well above its capability.
Well, today at work they gave her the news: she didn't get the position. No, instead they gave it to another nurse who has less time at the hospital, is an objectively worse charge nurse, but had one advantage over my wife: she was in a management position in another hospital system before this job but left it to be a floor nurse again.
The rest of the nurses on the floor are in shock that she didnt get it. Her direct boss still thinks this will all blow over and tried to deflect blame by saying it wasnt her decision.
So my wife told me she is done giving a fuck. Told her boss today she will no longer be charge nurse ever again and she is done orienting everyone else. Why should she do anything above that bare minimum required if none of it matters? Sure, being charge makes a whole $1 an hour more per shift, but it's not about the money. It's a slap in the face for all she has done in the 8 years she's been with the hospital system. Her boss is still under the delusion that she will get over it and be charge again. Right now, she's lucky my wife hasn't given her notice and I'm going to encourage her to apply to a closer hospital. These are the only consequences these useless management fucks understand.