What is the point? Of this, of that, of anything? You do a good job, but someone else will undo it; an enemy looking to sabotage you, an opportunist looking to create an opening to exploit, a well-meaning fool who is oblivious to the damage they are causing.
Work has not been going well recently. Too many people aren't doing their jobs, or they are doing their jobs but not well. There's one guy who's been gaming the system by exclusively putting away the smallest, lightest packages, leaving the big and heavy items for other people to deal with. He gets a very high stowing rate, and the rest of us get stuck with more work. I can't even file a complaint about it because doing so would make me look petty and whiny.
A job well done can be its own reward. However, that can't be the only reward, not over the long term. I try to do a good job - the best job I can, usually - and what recognition do I get? Absolutely nothing. Other people put in only the bare minimum of effort, and yet (to my knowledge) they face no repercussions. I am left to quietly seethe with resentment, both towards my co-workers who keep making more work for me, and my supervisors who are preoccupied with numbers on screens.
Whay is the point of even trying to accel? To do better, to BE better?
None that I can see.
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