Being a model employee. Do you agree/disagree with this picture?

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ChiTown33 · Accepted Answer

So much NO! You are just a number for the company, a resource. I can show you my 20 yr. Plaque of service to the company I worked for. It LITERALLY has a number on it. You have an employee ID number.😂 I'm not saying you might not have value to your immediate boss and co-workers. But generally that's as far as it goes. A firm is a faceless soulless entity (doesn't make it necessarily evil per se... but) it has no conscious. It exists solely to propagate itself. My sister is a very conscientious person. She always gets frustrated by her job and I always have to tell her "I get your frustration, but the problem is you take the actions of your company too personal. It's not personal... it's just business. You as an employee have to be just as cold and cutthroat as the company you work for (itt's up to you if you want to pretend to care about the company, like companies do thier employees). Because the ONLY person who cares about YOUR future, is YOU. Your company regardless if you've worked for them for 20 minutes or 20 years. Would slit your throat in a heartbeat if they thought it'd save them ANY money. That's just real.

RingOfFire · Accepted Answer

Climbing the ladder in a business is your responsibility not the company's. It's not about the effort you put into your job its about the value you produce for the owners of the business. Some people think that just because they put a lot of hours in or work hard that they deserve to be rewarded with advancement. Not so. I have had plenty of people that worked for me and worked hard, but just didn't have the skills I needed them to have. So unfortunately I could not let them advance. It is up to them to go somewhere else to advance not up to me to put them in a more responsible position if I don't think they can handle it. I encouraged a few people over the years to pursue a different career because I thought they had talents in other areas and the line of work they were doing was not their best choice. I thought they had skills but not the right skills for the company they were in. Sometimes you have to change careers to find your happy place. I did it myself.

Ms_Facesitter · Accepted Answer

A promotion and more responsibility perhaps but once you're done, you're done. You'll be replaced. And if they're more of an ass they'll let you tutor the person who'll replace you.

Reddy4it · Accepted Answer

Strongly disagree…if the company can’t be gracious…they don’t deserve Grace…

Leapfrog00 · Answer

From my experience, they only care about what you can do for them. A lot of times it's about how much money you make for them, but other times it's not. I worked for a credit card company once that fired at least 10 people a day and wrote up 20 others a day.

Literally, they only cared about who was kissing who's ass. I won't tell you what company I worked for, but Let me just say these people liked to "Discover" new ways to humiliate their employees.

In a year's time, thousands of people lost jobs. If the company appreciates you, it's worth it working hard, but if they act as if they don't care how good you are, I wouldn't waste the time!

Telekinetic-Potato · Answer

It depends. The never take off thing is the shakiest part to me.

If you're working for a big corperate place, you are no different from the printer. As soon as you cost too much money to run, as soon as a newer model comes out, as soon as you're burnt out, you're getting thrown in the trash and replaced.

But not every business is like this and we need to be careful that our being weary of companies lying to us about these things doesn't create an even bigger opportunity for them to fuck us because now we think it's normal.

There are companies which will reward loyalty the best they can and will be just about as loyal to their workers as the workers are to them.

The recession is coming and it's going to be a very important time for workers rights.

Googlemyahoo · Answer

Most places don’t care you’re just a number. Wanna test it out? Inconvenience them in some way watch how quickly you’re tossed to the curb.

For example, employed 10 years was a model employee one day the ceo called me upstairs and gifted me a $400 blue tooth speaker saying I was a good employee. Anyways one specific job caused issues with my hip, & lower back. Visited my doctor who gave me restrictions that said I can’t do that job.

They called me upstairs & went full gestapo questioning me saying I never had issues before. I said the entire situation is comical.

I state one specific task causes injury to my body. You guys are mad I don’t want to do that task…. ? by the way thanks for asking how I feel ( none did ) the HR started backpedaling. After that f —- them I do min possible.

BoopBoopBeep · Answer

Employment is transactional. They pay me a lot of money, in return I give them my expertise. I can flip that around and say if my employer gives me more benefits/better pay maybe I'll stick around longer. Maybe, maybe not, because the next offer may still beat it out. Employment is that way. I've told a boss I needed a 40% pay raise or I walk at the end of the month (and a bunch of other concessions on his part that I cared about less). I got it so I stayed, but only until something came along better, about two years later.

itsaboutthyme · Answer

Exploitation is exploitation. The only difference between the sweatshops and forced labor of the industrial revolution and the workplaces of today are laws passed with credit to labor organizers. Your employers can and will do anything they can (legally or illegally) to siphon all the productivity they can from you for as little money as possible.

madgoat · Answer

By all means be a model employee but you also need to be your own publicist.

Spell it out to your boss how awesome you are (in detail), how vital you are to the business (in detail), and how you should be paid more and ultimately be promoted.

qwert1234 · Answer

I will work with minimum effort to keep me employed.
If I want to get promoted, I will work extra smart, not hard.
If my growth within the company requires me to not take vacations and work overtimes always, I am either in the wrong company or under a bad manager. Or both.

TooHot2Care · Answer

This is not really true for all companies…. Look, if you’re working for a company with shareholders making bank? You’re not working for a company, you’re working for a capital kingdom and the only people who get noticed are those with capital (shareholders) or children of shareholders or family of shareholders.

However! If you’re working for a startup. Or a smaller company that is doing well? Then this internet talk becomes foolishness.

roy_ricky09 · Answer

This statement is combination of wishful thinking of someone who doesn't believe in himself and expect more.
All the above mentioned things work, there are thousands of successful people who work hard... Etc.. The only difference is they don't expect anything, things come to them.

digitalguy01 · Answer

Unfortunately this will not be counted and willmbever be rewarded by most companies. There may be few individuals who might appreciate this or people recalling you dedication in a funny way. But it's better to take time out of the work for yourself and family. Do work when it's work time and enjoy life

ObscuredBeyond · Answer

Months of being told how good you are can evaporate in an instant if you miscount $20 even one time. And when the 20s stick together, it's easy to miscount.

EmmaMary · Answer

In the majority of cases you are just simply nothing more than a " number ".

Anpu23 · Answer

I've crawled my way to the top of two separate corporate structures within the last 10 years and am currently a C level executive in a 3rd. Yes you can work hard and work your way to the top.

ZackBan · Answer

I spend my year collecting praises for my work but when it's time for raises they say I was just good enough.  Companies are a joke

richardcory · Answer

Depends on the job and company. I've worked very hard for my entire career and done very well because of it

Curmudgeon · Answer

Sadly all too often. But it is up to the employee to seek out better opportunities wherever s/he can.

LiamJHayden · Answer

Larger companies, nope. Middle managers take credit for the extra work. Smaller companies, maybe. I definitely reward those who make my life easier, but I only have 14 employees.

exitseven · Answer

Absolutory not. There is a big disconnect between hard work and success.

PointTaken · Answer

Lol. I'm actually doing that right now. They're trying to make me a tech lead because of it which means more pay but more responsibility.

Grond21 · Answer

Unfortunately for my company that is not at all true.

DiegoO · Answer

Model employee: the one that produce more income for the business.

Kelly6 · Answer

disagree i accepted to help them based of my skills , i did not agree to give my soul

Massageman · Answer

Picture doesn't seem all that relevant.  I was a "model employee" wherever I worked an got nothing but a paycheck for it. But, that still didn't stop me from living up to my end of the deal.

Amur8711 · Answer

I try to do my best everyday, if its only 70% fine if I get 110% great.

robocop666 · Answer

many companies don't reward employees for making inventions.

Nikki1989 · Answer

Nah, most companies don't care.

RavVid · Answer

Nah, I have and was rewarded.

UnknownSwede · Answer

As long as they get their profit, they don't care.

Iron_Man · Answer

Is the pay worth it to kiss ass?

Fuentes · Answer

No company cares about their employees

soe11 · Answer

Agree

Christoff92 · Answer

Baby Yoda. Never!!!

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