Have you ever been feeling that you are not being appreciated for all the hard work you put in?
All the effort have gone down the drain? Do you not feel the frustration and disappointment when you are so easily taken over by someone else? Credits of your hard work is claimed by someone else? The job you do is as important as it is the base to get other big stuff going and yet too insignificant to get noticed?
Unprecendentedly, I have reached the crossroad of my life. Ever since I declared adulthood, I have been making my own decisions and be responsible for them regardless of the outcome. Paradoxically, it is different this time. This decision will fairly be responsible for where I will be in the next 5 years, at least that is the time frame that I have given myself. I don't want to be too ambitious to set too high goals that cannot be accomplished. Call me a calculated risk-taker, I don't want to fool around with my own future by being impulsive in my decision making which will affect no one but me myself.
I have been working in the same company for 4 years. During my period of serving, I have only been promoted once and drawing a measly salary. Blame it on the prolonged downturn for the past 2-3 years and things only started to have a brighter outlook early this year. To upgrade myself, I also took up a part-time degree at my own costs. Though I can't say I did well, but good enough to graduate with a degree without any major hiccups. It was never easy juggling between work and part-time studies especially when it is an engineering course. With my new qualifications, I would expect myself to get promoted as an engineer if not get a new job.
To my dismay, after foughting so hard to get my degree recognised by the company, I only realised it was just verbal recognition. Nothing, no action was being emplaced. There will be no promotion or pay adjustment with my degree in hand. And what's worse, I am supposed to go through a transition period to prove my worth. This is where it is frustrating. All the time, effort, hard work and years spent working for the company seem to evaporate into thin air, integrated with the atmosphere and taken for granted like you as if you care about the air you breathe in everyday to keep yourself alive. I bet some of you don't even care if it exists.
On top of that, the company would rather recruit fresh graduates than to retain exisiting employees whom they don't have to train, whom have been so familiarize with the work, people and culture of the management and company of course. But so sad that we are worth nothing hence the reason for a high turnover rate in the industry.
I have been comtemplating in leaving the company for a greener pasture. For I am sure with my qualifications and experience, I could easily get a job with a higher salary. And hopefully to be more appreciated. Ah, this is so vexatious.