40s. Very naive. Thought businesses cared about their employees. Now i realize they need little excuse snd milk the workers and never take a loss in favor of employees. Losses or lack of leadership ends up with golden parachutes and raising prices. Honesty is out the window in the world we live in today.

I was really fortunate to be raised by parents who knew that was bullshit brainwash propaganda. Thanks mom and dad! You aren't perfect but hey nobody is. Love you both!

As in work wise? I am aware for as long as I could remember to not always put in more than one hundred percent into a workplace. I have always heard of stories of companies and employers abusing their employees, despite said employees having done more than they were asked for. Twenty years service is not always rewarded well. Many senior workers are intentionally sidelined or underpaid to make them to quit; because it is cheaper for employers to hire new, cheaper workers than keep those with decades of experience.

More often, going the extra mile is not even about getting recognition for some individuals. Some people are workaholic to distract themselves from their personal issues outside of work.

There must be places where that behaviour is rewarded. The question is how to find them.

Mid-thirties. But I played it cool until I finished grad school. Then moved out to start my new life.

Early 20s. Almost 40 now.

Wage disparity is getting worse and it's getting harder to get those companies to give those upgrades. They're doing the opposite and just firing people to shed money for reports that make record numbers.

Decent companies that reward people for hard work still exist. But they're no longer the default. You're not going to get this in a cafe or in a fast food job or anything like that, It's going to have to be a skilled labor job in a corporation run by someone who's not a greedy monster which can be kind of a hard find these days.

You're going to need to be pleasant to be around, You might need to brown nose a little bit. Your may you need to point out to your boss that you're doing a good job, don't be afraid to point out your accomplishments.

If you put in the hours and work hard and can't get anywhere change jobs. When your interviewing for new jobs openly point out that you work hard and you're looking for compensation for that. If that hiring manager smirks or makes a face you don't want to work there. Remember your interviewing them maybe even more so than their interviewing you if you already have a job.

About 8 maybe 10 at the latest

Middle-school. Not even joking. There are some really shitty people out there. Did a speed run of that life lesson.

don't know, I am still nice to people, want to work really hard and sometimes take more than enough work, But now I have clear boundaries & expectations, don't put up with some people's bullshit and plan well.

Ive done some form of construction off and on since 12 now I'm in tech, but,working for a cable company we had 90 min including drive time to perform a 75 point quality check/fix, and fix the problem the customer has plus fix the last techs work. Became clear the name of the game was to get in and get out, make it as good as possible and don't get caught with the things you didnt do. They don't care about any of us, the customer or the employee. Just help the customer as well as you can.

Um, I began falling apart about 11 years ago, but it got really bad over the past few years. I can specifically remember being in therapy over the holidays and coming to this exact realization. Like, I knew it before that, but that was the day that I, like, really felt it. I'm in my early forties.

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15 yo me just went straight into cyber security because of easy money so...

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Pretty much today old.

University. The expensive college wanted IT staff but only paid minimum wage and only hired people on financial aid.

It is not automatically rewarded but most of the time. So I could either say in kindergarten or not yet.

It’s cute that she thinks I ever had a plan.