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Writer's pictureMiranda Ubong

Why you're not Appreciated at your Workplace

Updated: Oct 18, 2019

“I don’t feel appreciated at my workplace”- This is unarguably one of the major reasons for employee disgruntlement. I have experienced, unfortunately, these set of employees go from delivering positive results for their bosses to costing them twice the productivity once they get disgruntled.




Reportedly, a good percentage of low productivity at the workplace is the outcome of disgruntlement among employees. So it is either bosses still do not see the place of employee recognition in workplace productivity or the employees are not in place to be recognized or even both?



Let’s get to discussing you, the employee:


You’re not seen to be doing the job: I often got called out on account of the Sales Team on a particular job I had. I was always asked “what is your contribution to Sales”? No I wasn’t in sales, but in the HR department. I would say how the team and I have met regularly to discuss strategies and fix setbacks. But after the outcome by the month end (whether good or bad); it didn’t matter what I did or didn’t do. My boss still asked the questions; I never carried him along with what I do with the Sales Team.


It was an experience I learned from, albeit late. Someone then said to me “you must always be seen to be doing the job”. A little bit of visibility is what you need to get your recognition, and then appreciated. Because left to your boss; he/she really hasn’t seen you until they have seen you



You’re not a Team Player: It is true some people work better in solitude. But be a team contributor, be present, be helpful, be correctable, be useful to them.

No boss wants to reward an employee who cares only about their sole achievement. I once told a team of sales employees that “where only one of five of you meets his/her target, the company has not met its target”.


Now you may be smart, a goal-driven, and fantastic on your job, but when you don’t show concern for the results of your entire team, then you’re a problem. Bosses don’t appreciate problems.



You’re desperate: Or you appear desperate. In some cases some employees do things strictly for the recognition of it and they make it obvious (maybe unconsciously)

Hey! Your boss wants you to show genuine interest in the Company’s growth, not just yours. Show that you realize the reason “this must be done”, and do it for that reason alone. You look selfish when you’re desperate. Desperate people are not likable. And it is hard, really hard for bosses to appreciate employees they do not like.



You have bad workplace behavior: You really have a bad attitude at work. You’re unfriendly, unhelpful, quarrelsome, and cocky and you are an apologetic company code of conduct defaulter.

Bosses believe if they appreciate these set of employees based their output alone, they are indirectly enforcing bad attitude at work. So they won’t.



You’re not being realistic: What you expect is out of the reach of your company or totally out of context.

How you expect and communicate to be appreciated is just unrealistic. You probably want a promotion you’re not yet qualified for; a pay increase the company cannot afford yet, a reward that just isn’t on the company’s program or the likes of these.


In this case, your boss sees you as too demanding and dictatorial when hey; there’s only one boss!



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