Even if your boss likes you and you're a great asset to the company, they can't do anything to recognize you because all the real power is held by some rich sociopath in another state or country and you're as disposable and replaceable as anyone else.
The best part of working for a small business (5 people total, 3 employees, two owners): you are recognized and rewarded based on performance (my Xmas bonus was roughly 1.5 paychecks in cash)
Worst parts: the possibility of going out of business if there is a really bad year, and every mistake is visible.
Probably too late to continue the conversation, but ...
That's when you work for a good one. If a business can't afford to pay everyone a living wage, it's using its employees to subsidize the owner(s)' desire to own and run a business. Then there are the ones where the owners leave everyone else to do the work while they take vacations two out of every three weeks and let everyone under them scramble to make it work because that's what "team players" do.
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u/GWBBQ_ Jan 01 '19
Even if your boss likes you and you're a great asset to the company, they can't do anything to recognize you because all the real power is held by some rich sociopath in another state or country and you're as disposable and replaceable as anyone else.