Work recognition can impact morale more than expected.

The following story involves an employee who noticed that his company regularly commends the same four people.

He consistently went above and beyond in his role but rarely received recognition.

This imbalance is starting to affect his happiness and sense of belonging at work.

Check out the full details below…

Anyone else find Teams shoutouts/recognition culture toxic?

My company loves doing shoutouts in the company Teams chat.

They recognize the same four people in rotation every week for doing their job.

Every now and then, someone does something beyond their normal duties.

Which, of course, deserves recognition.

This employee thinks it’s unfair that he isn’t being recognized.

But when it’s the same people over and over again, there’s no balance.

I feel like I work hard and have some cases where I’ve gone above and beyond.

But I don’t get the same treatment. It’s swept under the rug.

It’s just starting to feel like I’m not good enough and need to work harder.

It’s making him feel sad even if he loves what he’s doing.

Is that the point of these shoutouts?

This culture is really making me unhappy even though I genuinely love what I do.

These people are making me feel like I don’t do enough and don’t belong.

I don’t know. It’s really sad and hard to separate myself from it because I feel like it’s representative of how they feel about me.

I have daily anxiety about getting fired as a result.

Let’s read the responses of other people to this story.

This user shares a tragic story.

This one gives their personal thought.

It made me feel useless, says this one.

Short and straightforward.

Finally, another similar opinion.

Hard work becomes invisible when proper recognition is missing.

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