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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Had my yearly performance review last week and I am so disturbed. I work hard but absolutely refuse to log in during weekends. Manager asked me what I wanted out of this job and all I could think of was nothing. This is just a job for me. A source of income, that's it. I am happy where I am. I don't want a promotion. Why is that so wrong? I see my manager working insane hours even though she has a family and I don't want that. I have no desire to move up. My DD is only 2 once and I can't have more kids.

Unfortunately I was told I have to work to be promoted this year or out the door I go.  Can't afford to lose this job so I guess I am getting pushed along by the rat race in DC. Hate this area and its crazy gogetters.
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Well, it depends on what your job pays you.  Seriously, if you make over $100k, I have little sympathy for you.  The solution is to find a different job with different expectations but accept that you earn less income.

I make under $100k.  I work hard while I am at work.  I take pride in my work.  Every now and again, I work on a Saturday or late at night (and I'm expected to do this).  But for the most part, my job isn't my entire life.  I have advanced degrees and am squarely white collar.  My salary is very low by D.C. standards, but that is the tradeoff for not working 70 hours a week.

But if you make $150k and expect to coast, well, what do you expect?  Your manager and your coworkers are going to view you as not pulling your weight but earning the same amount of money.

I have no problem with someone not wanting their career to be the center of their existence, but I do have a problem with people who say that but choose to work in a field where that kind of commitment is required and handsomely rewarded.  My sentiment is that they want the high salary but not hard work.[/quote]

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