Rewarding people

Whatever happened to people being rewarded for their hard work, honesty, integrity, positive attitude, patience, teamwork, drive, abilities, etc. it seems now that if you demonstrate these characteristics and don't PUSH for a promotion - the big guys will continue to "get over on you" until you do. Is this the way you think the corporate world should operate?

It's not right or fair. If people show these characteristics they should be offered advancement and mentoring... Why must people have to be put in the sometimes awkward position to ask or demand things from higher ups? It's not right. Is it a greed thing? Shouldn't you want the people that work for you to feel like their hard work and initiatives are recognized ? I mean the people that work for you do directly reflect upon you. You should want to keep them happy and motivated to do more...

Who wants to feel like their efforts are unrecognized and unrewardable unless they go and ask for a reward. Who REALLY wants to be that person walking into their bosses office pointing out all the things they've done to deserve a promotion and having to ask for it??!!! I know I don't. I'd like for someone to say to me hey you've been doing a great job and we think you deserve a promotion and then actually follow through. I mean I've had quite a few empty promises made to me and its just very frustrating. They get me all pumped up but then no one follows through.. I have to keep on someone's ass to make sure that I get what I deserve. it's just not the way things should be and unfortunately it seems that things are in fact exactly this way.

I consider myself to be a genuinely good person and it really just sucks to feel taken advantage of by people bc they feel like they can. It's extremely discouraging and frankly sad.

2013

 I'm baaaaack...... I received this beautiful antique journal from my mother:



And have vowed to write in it every day for a year......
So far so good... And I am glad to be back into writing in a journal.... I've always had an outlet for writing in the past but then somehow I got completely off track with that.  I mean I carry around a notebook that I will write randomly in but its more for list making haha.. I love my lists!!! It seems to have been inspiring me to tap into my brain and thoughts more.  I have kept most of my journals from the past and once in a while I will go back and reminisce, and dream that one day someone will read about my life, or maybe even publish my journals... But that's just a crazy dream in the ultimate Christina La LA land...