Employee works 7 days/week from January to June, is denied a raise at the end of the year: 'Effectively, I will lose money this year to inflation'

This worker gave all their time to help their company, only to learn that they wouldn't be rewarded for it.

When you give your all to something, you probably want something in return. We're taught that hard work will yield good results, so we spend our lives in pursuit of that goal. We go above and beyond at our jobs in hopes of making a good impression and boosting our careers in the process. We put in an extra hour or two here and there because we know that it will help us in the long run. Lots of us make short-term sacrifices in order to have long-term success. We do this every time we say no to something fun, like a party, because we know that sleep is better for us in the long run. We do this every time we wake up early to get a head start on work, even though you would rather stay in bed. Part of being an adult is balancing which sacrifices are worth it and which ones aren't.

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When it comes to work, the difference between a sacrifice worth making and a sacrifice that will lead nowhere is hard to define. You don't always know whether your hard work is going to be rewarded at the end of the day, or if it will just go unnoticed. Sometimes when you work too hard, the expectations of everyone around you will simply rise. They're used to you working hard, so they won't reward you for it. That's what happened to this employee, to an insane degree. In order to help get a project off the ground, they worked every day for six months. That's right, every day. No days off, not even a weekend, all the way from January to June. But they were comfortable doing that because they thought it might help their career in the long run. They thought it might give them the leverage. They need to ask for more money by the end of the year. But they learn the hard way that hard work doesn't always yield good results in turn. Their employer left them a lurch, regretting all of the hard work they put in. Keep scrolling to read what happened in the story.
"There's no room in the budget for raises or bonuses this year," Or why you should always give the bare minimum.

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