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Originally Posted by quasi
When I was younger I wasn't I did the minimum required, it took a serious scare and kick in the ass to realize that I wanted more and started working towards that. I work lots of hours, I take classes at night and online to better myself and I'm finally starting to see the benefits.
I don't know if this thread came off as me not happy where I'm at because really that isn't it. This is more of one of those things that annoys me and maybe it shouldn't.
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Props to you man.
I think you have the right to be annoyed by this. Hopefully your superiors recognize this when it comes time to promote someone. I've seen it a few times in my career where the offender is the one who somehow reaps the rewards.
Early in my career I was given the responsibility to ensure that one of our top customers was happy. This allowed me to gain the trust of the customer which gave them the confidence to allow me to assist them in designing the cable infrastructure that we're running on right now.
Long story short, the manager that I was working with was probably the laziest individual I've ever had the pain to work with. The problem was, he was so good at hiding his laziness from his superiors that in the span of a decade he was now running a top dep't, making probably $150k/yr. And this was in the early 2000's. Everyone under him knew his style, and it was a running joke in the industry that if you get to work for him, chances are he is going to take credit for any good ideas that you had.
The guy is pushing mid 60's now, and while he no longer works for the big corporation, he still works, still makes 6 figures, and still does complete fuck all.
Some guys are just good at hiding it.