To be upset

[mlj123]

That I never get any recognition at work. I started my job just before the first lockdown in 2020. They were really good to me and even though redundancies were made I was kept despite being there only a couple of months. Although a couple of team members that had been a lot longer were made redundant. I am grateful for this, however I have put a lot of hard work and effort into my job. I work in hospitality and after the pandemic things got really bad, the company made so many redundancies and we were so short staffed. I have always covered extra shifts, finished 4 hours past my time on many occasions. I was pregnant and worked all the way through my pregnancy never taking a day off and hobbling around the restaurant trying to take on so much in my third trimester. There is a recognition app that we all use and I can't help but notice the people that get a recognised are people that don't really deserve it. For example one person who only just started the job was still in probation and late every shift and didn't do anything ( in the end he quit). I keep seeing the most hard working people getting fed up. They are getting absolutely no recognition what so ever and are just taken for granted, and as a result the company has lost so many good. people. Aibu to let this bother me or is this just the way it is?

Honestly, I say this kindly, not much recognition is par for the course in most jobs. My boss gives us each a bottle of wine and says thank you at Christmas. That's the only recognition I get! If you want promotion then you have to push yourself forward and be completely self motivated.

Once I accepted that my recognition was in the form of a payday each and every month I stopped looking for praise from my employer.

It’s simple really, I do a job and they pay a set sum. I certainly don’t work for free, and if I do stay late/work overtime I’m paid for it.

@Pippa12

Once I accepted that my recognition was in the form of a payday each and every month I stopped looking for praise from my employer.

It’s simple really, I do a job and they pay a set sum. I certainly don’t work for free, and if I do stay late/work overtime I’m paid for it.

I understand that I get paid for overtime but I do it more because they are short and to help out rather that's for the pay, sometimes I really don't feel like a extra shift but do it as no one else will. There are a few others also that put in so much extra time, work so hard and never get any thanks. Then there are a few that don't do very much at all and get thanks, that's my issue. I guess I'm am motivated by praise.

If you don't really do it for the pay, then just stop doing it? Stop being so useful & maybe then they will see what they are missing.
Regardless, I'd just be grateful & call being kept on over longer members of staff during redundancies a fairly good recognition to be honest.

You are already bending over backwards for them... they don't need to reward you on the app or otherwise.

Think about it as the kid in school who sits quietly and get on. Do they get certificates and awards... no they go to the disruptive kid who managed to sit on his chair for 10 minutes that day.