Have you ever felt unappreciated at work? I am sure we all have. Lately, more than ever I have started to feel unappreciated at work. I am a hard worker, overachiever always over delivering. At first, I felt that over delivering was a great thing. It was almost a way for me to measure my success, almost as a dare to myself to see if I could set a new bar for myself. I thrived off of it. My employer loved it ! My supervisor appreciates it and encourages me constantly. However, I don’t think anyone else does. They have almost become used to me over delivering and exceeding their expectations. I don’t even feel that I am being treated like a human being anymore, I feel like I am being treated like a machine. No one asks how I am doing, how the workload that is being given to me is affecting me. No one bothers to ask about my professional advancement goals. Nothing, I am now considered a machine that yields results “Need something done, sure dump it on Krissy, she’ll turn that around for you faster and better than anyone”.
This affects my motivation at work a great deal. Have you ever felt this way? What did you do? Some days, I feel like walking into my VP’s office, and having a conversation with him, but I also feel that until I can construct my thoughts cohesively without any emotions that I should refrain from doing that. Other days, I just feel that I have had enough, I feel that I know my worth as I have set these bars for myself constantly through my career. I am confident that I could go somewhere else, and gain more appreciation for my worth.
I am tired of fighting for what I think I deserve at work. I am tired of being looked over for newly created positions that are in complete alignment with my post. I have had enough of not being invited to private company events when I yield a great deal of revenue for the company. When I see the people that have been invited over me, I grow resentful because I know that I have worked my butt off. Not to say that they haven’t but I feel that I deserve it.
I know that my time here is nearing an end, I clearly can’t leave without a transition to my plan B. I can’t wait for that day, until then I pray every night that this doesn’t eat me up too much and suck away my drive, ambition and passion.
Any of you going through, or have gone through the same thing? What has helped you through times like this?
