Following discussion today about feeling sometimes a lack of recognition in work, I was given the view that 'your salary is your recognition. You'd know if there was anything wrong with your work'. Was a bit gobsmacked as this seemed very outdated to me, but I'm a self confessed 'need a pat on the header'.
Got me thinking, in corporate culture I was very used to monthly appraisals, being thanked for a job well done etc. Is this just pandering? After all you are employed to do a job (and do it well), so would you agree that 'your salary is the only recognition you need'?