srsly.

you gots to make your own way in this world. raises and promotions don't get "handed out" to deserving people anymore. you gotta make sure you get noticed and go after what you want.

i sat at the same dead end job for 5 years expecting to "get mine". i busted my butt, quietly did my thing, always put in extra effort. it never happened, so i left that place and "made mine". 2 years and 30% increase in pay later i couldn't be happier. my wife started doing the same thing not too long after i did and she's up almost 40%.

if it means dressing up a bit, or taking on a little extra workload, or going that extra step, you HAVE to do more than the bare minimum these days and you have to make sure it gets noticed. talk yourself up during reviews, sell yourself, etc... but it has to be done honestly and NOT by making others look bad. that just makes you look like a tool.

 

"That's not my job."
"Bob will take care of it."
"But I'm on break."
"I work smart, not hard."
"Every day is casual day."
"I'm not important enough to need to be contacted when I'm out of the office."

Pretty much like that.

 

Then that's just weird.

 

now your a unix helpdesk engineer loser... its just like regular helpdesk but you get to work out of your mothers basement

 

Kevin & Nacho:

I guess I could rephrase myself and say that it depends on what your job is and where you work. At previous employers I have worked hard and beyond what my title included, but I got shafted and got no reward for it other than more and more work! My current job was a little like that until I made it known I was looking for advancement and got it with the right timing. I honestly don't plan on staying here for more than a year at most and then am moving onto the career I want.

 

Yeah but I get to play WoW and look at child **** all day!

 

<---- calls the authorities

 

What you don't understand is that you didn't really get shafted. By working harder than you have to, you are setting yourself up to tell future prospective employers "I busted my *** by doing this and this and this, so I'm looking for a place that wants someone who busts his *** and rewards him appropriately."

 

at first i was like this...



and then I was like this...




and now... i'm like this....








Notice the handicap plaque in the window

 

It's funny how such a benign racetrack eats so many cars.

 

supposidley it was a reverse track that day :shrug:

 

wtf

 

lets hang out....


that post is epic

 

Ibhesblackandgotasettlement

 

Cuz it's Friday, I'm on my second beer before noon. Nice!...........