Comment by redbell
2 years ago
Absolutely! But after a while he knew why there was no kind of reward whether in the form of a financial compensation, a promotion or even additional days of vacation. Simply because the law of work does not have a section for exceptional performance/achievement.
"fully-owned and operated by the government" - This is the most important reason. For better or worse, gov't jobs are basically not allowed to meaningfully reward exceptional performance. There's just no mechanism for it.
Not to say things like this don't happen in private industry too - it certainly does. But at least you've got a chance. In most companies there is room to meaningfully bonus or promote or otherwise reward exceptional performance. You may or may not get something, but at least you can ask or push for it, and if they want to do it they can.
>For better or worse, gov't jobs are basically not allowed to meaningfully reward exceptional performance.
Neither do private companies. The measurement becomes the goal. And that measurement often has nothing to do with legitimate performance.
This doesn't happen at FAANG either, absolutely nothing to do with gov't
Sure they do, you just haven't demonstrated that exceptional performance.
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must’ve been Tommy’s first rodeo lol
And how would an experienced cowboy handle this situation?
1. Do the thing they pay you to do, keep your head down and watch the company light money on fire. Bonus points if after the project is inevitably late, you step in to "help" and save the day.
2. Start a consultancy company and overcharge clients to do this work.
3. Realize that many companies will not reward you for your efforts as you expect and go back to 1
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Drag the work out for years and fuck around while collecting a paycheck commensurate with the work completed. Let the company hire the outside contractor.
Then leave, become an outside contractor and you can be the benefactor.
Save exceptional work for small companies that will reward it or your own startup.
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Do the work you’re assigned to do and don’t go looking for new work.
Or ask for more work and don’t be surprised when you do or don’t get rewarded for it.