F Minus by Tony Carrillo for August 20, 2021

That’s why you don’t do that.

My GF was so productive that her boss used to cut her progress reports in half because he didn’t think upper management would believe he had an employee doing the work of three people.

For less money. Now, back to work.

When the bar is set too high, you need a taller bar stool.

No good deed goes unpunished.

No joking here kids. This is the way it is.

been there – had it done too many times. now self-employed, makes life much better that way

Was a middle management person for a (short) while. Hated doing evaluations, had to do 2 or 3 a week to keep up. Upper management seemed to want me to grade on the curve. Told them we didn’t keep employees around unless they were doing a good job.

I hope you find my resignation letter, above and beyond, as well.

I once offered to cover a colleague’s caseload for a week, in addition to my own, while he was on vacation. When the week was over, my boss told me "since you are able to cover a second caseload, we are doubling your caseload on a permanent basis. No good deed goes unpunished. This is how the stereotypical civil servant is born.

That which doesn’t kill you becomes a job requirement

We expect you to exceed expecatations

I was fortunate in my job. My employer measured “above and beyond” or “exceeded expectations” against average performance, not just mine.

Do a little more each day and soon they expect more.

Must not be a government job…

but only for you. No good deed goes unpunished……

Except in the White House, I assume.

Sorry, Above and Beyond is not hiring at the present time. Leave a resume and we’ll keep you on file.

A few months later… Oops I fired basically everyone.

When a company I worked for went from cost of living raises to performance based raises, the nimrods that thought this was a ticket to wealth soon found out busting your rear to get a raise only moved the bar higher each year until they burned out and found new careers.