Appreciation at work

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user676875655 · 03/08/2022 18:42

My manager has an appreciation board at work where she posts a thank you to a member of staff and a token gift.

The thank you can be for various things such as doing overtime, performing a job well etc.

Everyone on the team has had one some have had two or three, I haven't received one.

As far as I know she has no issues with my work, I get on with my job and do it to a high standard.

I have low self esteem and feel so embarrassed that I am the only one to not receive one.

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Antarcticant · 03/08/2022 18:45

Sadly, these things often go, not to those who work the hardest but to those who give the best display of hard work.

It wouldn't be unreasonable to mention it the next time you have a one-to-one.

ShirleyPhallus · 03/08/2022 18:46

While you get on and do your job, do you ever go above and beyond? Do you ever do the things that other people are praised / thanked for?

if it’s really bothering you and you feel like you already do those things, raise it in your next 1-2-1 - “id like to have a mid year performance check in, what additional things could I do to improve my performance to get to the standard to be recognised as an outstanding member of the team per XYZ?”

MomwasCasual · 03/08/2022 18:48

Ask her about it. Sometimes it can depend on personal manner or profile.

I was in a teams meeting recently where, when it came to the recognition piece at the end, a colleague nominated herself!
It was bit of an awkward knuckle bite moment for the rest of us, but actually she was right to- she'd done a really sterling bit of problem management, but it had been shadowed by some higher profile projects. Her manager immediately concurred that she should have been recognised, and she got some reward points.

AspireMe · 03/08/2022 18:48

If the overtime is unpaid then I'd rather go without the token gift and my name on the board tbh if that's what it takes to make it.

girlmom21 · 03/08/2022 18:50

People who just get on and do their job tend to go under the radar, but if she gives them to everyone they become meaningless

Gillyx · 03/08/2022 18:50

It sounds like you are maybe getting on quietly while others could be telling managers about their achievements. Even though you might be doing a really good job, if others are doing lots of overtime, or telling the manager how much they’ve sold/bought/improved things, they will be the ones getting the praise.

I wouldn’t raise it with your manager, I would just aim to speak more about what you’ve achieved as that will probably make a difference!

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user676875655 · 03/08/2022 20:07

Gillyx · 03/08/2022 18:50

I wouldn’t raise it with your manager, I would just aim to speak more about what you’ve achieved as that will probably make a difference!

@Gillyx

That's the thing I know I need to speak up more about what i have achieved but I find it really difficult, I just don't have the confidence to do so 😞

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Fernie2022 · 03/08/2022 22:35

I don't know you don't have to get it related to work tasks do you.

Someone dropped in unannounced on teams to see how how I was doing, being at home now with this remote working, it really made my day I got to say, that goes a long way, deserves a real thanks I was thinking for the entire rest of the day.

Then another person took all the time when I was shadowing them.

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