Working “above and beyond” doesn’t work, it’s a harsh reality that everyone one day must understand. Unfortunately, if you show you place of employment that you are happy to be paid the same amount for more work, then they will just keep paying you that same amount. Now, if you get more money along with that above and beyond workload, then that’s fine. But this employee, wasn’t given more money or a promotion, even though he deserved it. He worked “above and beyond” every single day. He would take on a lot of the managers’ duties just so he could be seen as a good employee, which he was. But he was too good and not fighting for higher pay.
After he got passed up for a promotion and then given mandatory overtime, he said enough was enough. He was basically doing all of the work of his managers and not getting and kind of recognition for it. So, he stopped. He simply stopped going above and beyond and just started doing exactly what his job description said and nothing else. Low and behold, it turns out that the managers hardly even know how to do their own jobs… We all need to work our wage.
