Are you given ALL the credit you deserve?

dolce I use to think like that when I was en employee of a Bank-- why I was not given promotion etc. Now no more tension - i am only a freelance teacher - now also we compare us with others -- and find how we are rated by students and others. Comparison is a continuous process and it will go on till the end. Because I am 60+ I have started feeling that "we get what we deserve".

Sometimes, I feel the same way too. Giving you the credit is not just for the increase in salary but having been recognized for the good things you did in your work will really means a lot. Soemtimes, I just keep on thinking that there will be a time that I will also get those credits for the good job I done. In your case as educator, knowing that students really learn a lot from you will be a great credit. It cannot be compared to the amount of money given. Good day!

I'm not an employee as such, but I do contract work for one business where I never feel appreciated for what I do. I try to do more than is asked, but they never seem to think it's enough or good enough. If I didn't need the money right now, I'd drop that contract. It's a discouraging situation.

You have a good determination and very good staff. Your company should see your kindness, ability to work hard and work out the box. You should get the rewards fro your company. But dear, if your company does not reward or giving credit at what you do extra mile, please don't be sad or downgrade. What you get from your experience and hard work is the best reward for you to search job at other place, update your CV. But before you do this, make sure on the Company Annual Year Staff rewards, so called Bonus, you must prove all what you done in your evaluation. Make them open thier eyes. If not, create the best CV and best of luck for you. I believe all people loves to employ such a hardworking and extra mile girl like you!!!

In an employee/employer relationship, you are often expected to give your very best and more with little appreciation showed in return. But as has been my experience, like you having done more than your fair share of the work and always striving to do more, you may find that you are noticed by the employer whether he shows his appreciation or not... I have found ones like you who show more effort and diligence in bettering the company you work for are always the ones at the top of the list for any promotions that are due... So yes even though it may seem you are not appreciated, you can be assured your diligence and effort are appreciated by the employers... Unless they are totally ignorant, but thats a different case to what you are talking about here.

Hahaha! Do I get all the credit I deserve? That's a joke. I remember I covered the G20 Summit and I was in the middle of the action (tear gas, fires, riots, etc.) and someone else covered the thing by walking through a quiet neighbourhood afterwards. Who get accolades? The one who did nothing. Bah! There is nothing you can do, except laugh about the whole ordeal and make a monologue out of it to your friends.

Oh There are bosses who are not even comfortable telling their people that they did well - maybe they think that they are showing their weakness if they do.. hehe But of course we just have to somehow know our bosses and see what makes them tick. ;) I think for me, i do need the credit i can give to myself and to people who do deserve them... i give it to friends in the office.. and to myself(silently, of course). hehe but as for me people thinking that credits were not duly given to me - i try not to dwell on that.. because i know if i doo my job well, someone will always notice.. you cannot always put a good person down.. we always get up and do better.

I don't think I can judge myself base on my performance. As I'm just an employee and I must impress my employer not demand credits that I think deserve me. Because even if I thought I deserve some credits if my employer think other way around we must respect it.

I could say I'm not, several times that my Architect officemate and I talked about it. All we can say is were not given the right credit at work, the credits that should be ours most of the time forget or skipped. In times like this that living in our country is tough we really have to survive and we can't find it in our current job, sad to say :(.

hi dear dolce_vita nothing to learn from my experiences, really. I also walked the extra mile for years at work, and what did I get, more work of course, more and more demands what I have to do but the pay didnt and doesnt increase apart from the small increase everyone gets through the unions work every year. I am so fed up with it that I bitterly complained to my boss a little while ago telling him its just not right. Not when I see that at least two people in the department are paid much more than me, for the same work, and not even getting the most difficult tasks as it should be.

I think nine out of ten people in the workplace feel like you are feeling from time to time. It is the nature of work that you put a lot in and do not get much, if any thanks, back. I worked as a journalist before giving up work to be a stay at home mum and the good thing about my job was that everything I did was so public. My work was read by many people each week and therefore I was able to get a lot of positive feedback about what I had done. This is a more unique industry to be in in this sense. At the same time I certainly felt I was getting little thanks for all the hard work I was putting in from my employees. I found in the early days I was constantly overlooked for any opportunities or advancements over my male colleagues as reporting is still quite a sexist industry. Luckily I got my time in the end, at another newspaper. I would say you have to weight up whether the lack of thanks you are getting is just the normal level of ingratitude most employees feel in the work place at times or a more serious matter which needs to be addressed. In this case you should speak out.