What Work Moment Made You Go From Proud Employee To "I'm Just Here For The Paycheck."?
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Anonymous
| What Work Moment Made You Go From Proud Employee To "I'm Just Here For The Paycheck."? |
Anonymous
| THe endless and pointless meetings wore me down |
Anonymous
| No one moment. The system just wears you out over time. |
Anonymous
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My incompetent boss.
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Anonymous
| When I was passed over for a promotion for someone less experienced. |
Anonymous
| Working for owners without any formal management background. This was a daunting experience. |
Anonymous
| When they let go someone who was essential to her role and bailed out me and many others countless times. She was just a number to them and firing her was a way to improve their numbers. After that, I am no longer emotionally invested in my job or the company (i.e., I don’t care). |
Anonymous
+1 It's tiring to deal with a boss who lacks expertise in the area in which she supervises other, and is touchy and defensive about it. |
Anonymous
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When I realized the boss spent all day monitoring time sheets and nothing else. She’d also arrive at 6 am then clock out at 2:30 pm to avoid making herself available for actual work.
I quit that job in under a year and never looked back. What a dysfunctional agency. |
Anonymous
| When my coworkers (white older males) that I'd never even met or spoken to filed fake EEO claims against me (a younger female). And then management didn't throw the EEO claims out as fake and made me proceed with being interviewed and everything. It was harassment and bullying. |
Anonymous
| When my bosses SAHM wife decided after a decade that she wanted to be “part of the business” and told us we had to email her for approval to use our vacation time among other things. When my boss held each employee to different standards and some were allowed to come and go as they pleased (men) and some of us (women) were kept on a short leash with no flexibility. |
Anonymous
| Somewhere between 20-30 years into the career. This past year has also felt like another 1000 years. Staying at where $ okay and know the ropes, so punching clock at work and being proud about other stuff outside office. |
Anonymous
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COVID-19. I think I was too caught up in the day-to-day BS and too focused on moving up within the organization. I’m a Fed so I have great job security and promotions result in small raises.
I’ve realized what’s important to me is my family, my friends, and my mental and physical health. I’ve also realized that a lot of my hobbies are more enjoyable and provide more personal satisfaction than my actual job. COVID-19 has made me transition to more of a worker bee mentality. I’m here for a paycheck. What really matters isn’t at work. |
Anonymous
| A supervisor knew that the manager between us gave credit for my idea to another employee, but she did not correct it. She just told me that I should speak up for myself. |
Anonymous
| When they gave me a "Not a team player" review as I covered everyone when they needed a shift covered. |