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In this story, an employee achieved something great for the company by making it $5 million in a recent period. As a reward, they offered him a 2% raise and a month with a trophy as recognition of him as employee of the month.
The trophy was meant to be presented to him during a department meeting, but when his manager offered it, he refused to take it, claiming that he didn't want it. Although the big boss did not seem bothered, the manager's boss felt that this behavior warranted a write-up for insubordination. The manager didn't feel that this was necessary.
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Employee receives 2% raise after making $5 million for company, manager flips out when he refuses employee of the month award in meeting: 'He said he didn't want it'
Some workplaces have a funny way of turning achievements into insults.
Most employees have at one time or another felt like their efforts have gone underappreciated. It is the nature of the modern workplace that those who put in the most work are more likely to get rewarded with more work than anything else. Compensation is not always easy to come by, and it is one of the reasons that quiet quitting became such a phenomenon a couple of years ago.
Even if you enjoy your job for the most part, it can be incredibly demoralizing to feel like nobody wants to give your achievements the recognition that they deserve. Sometimes, it feels even worse to receive a small amount of praise than none at all. When you have gone to great lengths to make something happen, you usually want more than a pat on the back. Those employers that do not take the time and money to give hardworking employees what they deserve are generally the ones who struggle to retain them, but that doesn't stop their stingy business model. Even when a worker helps bring in a big part of the profit, they don't want to harm said profit by giving more compensation to the worker.
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