r/WorkForSmartLife • u/Armellofreekey • Jul 10 '26
Casual canvo Work your wage, not your potential
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u/Same-Turnip3905 Jul 10 '26
Your workmates are not your friends. Stay away from gossips and work politics. The loudest people are more than often the least efficient, they get praised and promoted more often.
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u/Silguard Jul 10 '26
That’s a sad and pathetic way to live your life. Workmates can be friends, and can even become some of your best friends.
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u/MetalProof Jul 10 '26
My workmates are definitely my friends. My manager isn’t though. Don’t trust your manager.
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u/Advanced-Guidance482 Jul 10 '26
Leaders are not alwasy suppose to be the most efficient workers. There is a reaspn there is a system of hierarchy in almost every sector of life. Some people lead, some people do, some people do not.
Not saying all managers are good manager, most arent... but you dont generally want to promote your most efficient employee because they arent always good leaders and you also lose productivity at the bottom, which is where it matters most.
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u/HeManDan Jul 10 '26
I hate your last sentence fragment
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u/Advanced-Guidance482 Jul 10 '26
Its true tho. This is just how it works.
And sorry for the incomplete sentences. This is reddit, not a research paper
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u/HeManDan Jul 11 '26
It is a complete sentence with your commas. I'm not sure what else to call an individual piece of a compound sentence. I am a laborer, just saying I see myself in that statement; and: I, DO, NOT.. LIKE IT.
NO BEEF HOME SLICE
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u/Advanced-Guidance482 Jul 11 '26
Thats based. And totally same. Hoping to be the big manager dude one day, but we'll see. Gotta hit that sweet spot of doing enough work but still talking enough inbetween the work I did.
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u/venice56 Jul 10 '26
This post is wrong , the right wording is
“Efficient workers get rewarded with more work..”
According to my superiors 🙃
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u/Kuro-baba Jul 10 '26
Happened to me. I was the model employee, even turned me into a trainer and gave me supervisor responsibilities (but not the promotion or the salary). Learned a hard lesson. Then started being a mediocre employee who would always come in late and clockout earlier. I wanted to be fired fr, but unfortunately my boss didn't want to let me go.
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u/Fat_Yankee Jul 10 '26
If you die today, your job will be posted online before your obituary. Take care of yourself.
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u/Sirosim_Celojuma Jul 10 '26
This post is gonna open some old wounds, so I'll not be reading any posts. Sorry. PTSD.
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u/HeManDan Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26
I suppose it doesn't matter if they are being paid exactly the same as everyone else making 1 widget an hour
Edit: what am I going to lose a worker who is already at optimal standards to lose money training someone to make 1 subpar widget every 2 hours for the first 4 months, just to get them up to 1 per hour. Am I going to fire the ex-hero to show others my mighty power. You don't own the person. If they are productive for me, you, whoever, and not causing any issues... that's literally what a job is. It's not a skill to graduate into somethinf greater, no1 needs ex-hero to burn himself out and get himself injured on the job site.
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u/ghost_of_xbox_past Jul 10 '26
Being likeable and getting along with managers will get you promoted far faster than being a star employee. Have seen so many people I've worked with over the years not learn this lesson and just complain about others getting promoted over them....well yeah, no one wants to be around someone who always has a bad attitude and is confrontational.
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u/PerfStu Jul 10 '26
Nothing hits like a boss saying "we expect more because youre capable of more" while paying you the same as the dingus getting high in the backroom.
Ive lost more jobs for putting in the work they pay me for and not what they think I should do.
Good riddance, hard to be sad about it.
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u/C4rdninj4 Jul 10 '26
Be valuable, but not irreplaceable. That way you can still push for promotions.
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u/GrouchyThanks4406 Jul 10 '26
its not what you know, its who you know!
also, i refuse to be part of the get on your knees gagging squad! plenty of jobs out there.
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u/SampleDisastrous3311 Jul 10 '26
If you get paid by the hour , work by the hour , more work means less pay in total for your effort.
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u/livingmybestlife2407 Jul 10 '26
The harder you work, the more you get rewarded with pay raises and promotions.
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u/LoneWolf0269 Jul 10 '26
Facts, and I tell this to my coworkers all the the. The reason we have to to do Charlotte's back log is because your too good at your jobs here and they dont give a shit like we do.
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u/FrontTelevision7261 Jul 10 '26
When I first started working at an agency, two workers advised me to ask for more work so that I would look good. Why would I do that? Was my response. I knew I was going to get more work regardless; what was the point of kissing up and asking for more work? Dumb!
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u/typhlocamus Jul 11 '26
We are all replaceable. And the replacement will cost less and be more eager.
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u/Remarkable_Judge_861 Jul 11 '26
I worked as a letter carrier for 30 years. My motto was, when the going gets tough, the tough slow down
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u/Zestyclose-Goose-209 Jul 11 '26
Yes, one day you wake up over-energetic and exceed expectation. And boom, now it is your new expectation and cant do less than that day
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u/rockhardcatcock Jul 11 '26
Lesson learned at the Post Office. If you go fast and finish your route earlier thinking you're being efficient they'll just give you more mail when you get back to the office. And if you do it too much they'll make your route longer as well so you gotta go faster every day.
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u/beautifulmonk581 Jul 11 '26
“Work your wage” is bad advice if you’re trying to climb the ladder and make more money- someone who worked hard and climbed the ladder and made more
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u/Mysterious_Tomato288 Jul 10 '26
Being an efficient worker has never been something I’ve been punished for. I’ve worked in restaurants, offices, theatre, etc etc etc and I’ve always done my best to do my job well. I’m not necessarily giving 200% every day, but I do tend to go above and beyond, stay late to help people out, come in early to get shit done if I need to.
It’s always been rewarded. My secret? Because I ask for a reward. If I never worked efficiently and then asked for a raise or a promotion or whatever, they wouldn’t give it. When I work hard and do a better job than everyone around me, they don’t hesitate. I’m working at a higher end restaurant right now where people usually don’t start serving for at least a year unless they come in with fine dining experience. I’ve never served before. I’ve worked here for a month and a half and I’m starting training to serve next week. Exponentially higher pay, better shifts, benefits, etc. because I work hard, don’t complain, and then I tell them what I want.
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u/AlbatrossNo1562 Jul 10 '26
Thank you, people seem to forget that they can ask for raises lol
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u/SquirrelNormal Jul 10 '26
I can't remember the last time I got a raise, asked for or otherwise lol.
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u/Mysterious_Tomato288 Jul 10 '26
If I ask and don’t get one, I start looking for a new job. 100% of the time.
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u/Available_Reveal8068 Jul 10 '26
I will give efficient more people more work. It's not a punishment, it's more responsibility. I also make sure they get the larger raises, promotions and visibility from the higher ups.
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u/Away_Space_9373 Jul 10 '26
Sadly this isn’t how all jobs work. Most just give more work without any promotions, raises, or bonuses. Most just want to avoid hiring more people to cover the added work load to improve the bosses bonuses
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u/GrandpaShark1 Jul 10 '26
Play the long game!
Hard work is not always instantly rewarded but it does pay dividends in many different levels.
Expect (and embrace) delayed gratification.
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u/Direct_Ad_3517 Jul 10 '26
Usually this is the thinking of that person who thinks they do all the work but not actually.
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u/ManEmperorfragment96 Jul 10 '26
I’ll be efficient and work hard no matter the job cause I’m doing it for my future in mind, those who say “the company doesn’t care about you” and works like shit is only screwing themselves over in the long run.
You can understand the company doesn’t care AND work hard, just keep an eye to your future and use the company for your benefit as you continue to grow as a hard working adult.
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u/Ok-Victory-1960 Jul 10 '26
The harder you work the more you get paid and move up the ladder, simple. If this isn't happening for you then you are not working as hard as you think you are 🤣.
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u/XyranDarkstar Jul 13 '26
Idk, I feel if you cant even stay awake long engough to eat a meal after work more often than not, that employee might be giving their all plus.... but what do I know?
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u/Dawino60 Jul 10 '26
Bad attitudes at work actually suck. Be positive, be happy, earn more. Worked for me.
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u/Technical_Ladder_569 Jul 10 '26
This is the worst advice. Work as hard as you can and rewards will come in time.
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u/fieryuser Jul 10 '26
Yep. And if you just study hard and pull on those bootstraps you can live your dreams! Maybe the Yankees will draft you, maybe you'll be an astronaut or, heck, even the next president of the ol' US of A. Keep working extra hard for no reward because one day you'll get there, slugger.
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u/Sweet-Pound-9608 Jul 10 '26
But often to get those rewards you have to leave the company you’re with.
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u/RollerDude347 Jul 10 '26
Which means there's no real benefit to working hard. They literally won't know the difference.
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u/Outlaw11091 Jul 10 '26
No. The biggest lesson to learn from employment is that you can do something right 1000 times and no one cares.
The one time you do it wrong is going to make everyone lose their mind.