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

I had the good fortune to be influenced by the slackers of the preceding generation, so my plan was always to do the minimum amount of work and take on as little as possible.

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.

I never figured it out, I just burned out so hard that I burned my bridges with the people who were abusing my time and willingness to help.

It's a shame they were also paying me, but at least now my mental health is slowly recovering.

I'm almost there. Everything I've worked hard has blown up in my face so far. It's getting harder and harder to convince myself that there's light at the end of the tunnel, especially since society is about to collapse

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

this post has enlightened me 🗿🤯🌀✨🪬

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.

Ok honestly I never worked hard, because I couldn't ever work harder than possible. So birth?

I always take on much more than I should because thats apparently at least 2 things. So 34

But being really nice just feels better. So when I die.

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

Around 4 years into my working life. By then I was 2 years into my second job. That’s when I realized I should be working the equivalent of what I was being paid, not more.

Edit: I remember the exact moment now! Someone in HR fucked up and emailed a spreadsheet of everyone’s salaries to the entire company. Seeing my pay compared to other people was the eye opener.

About 15 years ago when I went to work for a small company that promised me the ability to earn ownership shares but they never delivered.

I have since figured out a better approach that I wish I could discuss openly without making people mad at me.

edit: I'm still trying to be a good person and participate in community and not be a shithead to people. I just don't play the same capitalism eat-your-young game anymore.

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

Basically never had that. I’m nice because why wouldn’t I be? And I don’t overwork myself because on the occasions that I did it only ever hurt me while some manager who underpaid me already got all the benefits. I do put in a lot of effort when I helping a friend or something and they really needed it and that was its own reward(but still take care of yourself, you can’t help others if you’re broken).

I don’t think it’s a brag, I think it’s just the AuDHD making it so I spend more time than most asking questions that authorities don’t like and my parents, especially my mom, were pretty decent about not being dictators who might send me the other direction toward a trauma response(which is valid and I have great sympathy for those that got put on that path).

There are ways out of it, but we gotta keep pushing and people who are lucky to be like myself need to make sure we stick up for those who don’t have this automatic response. It’s a privilege and using it just for ourselves will not only not fix anything but it will also, if you need a selfish reason, continue the trend of abuse that bad, defensive managers and the like will dump on us for just asking questions at our jobs.

Early 20s. Almost 40 now.

About 8 maybe 10 at the latest

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.

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.

10, maybe 12.

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

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.