They want recognition of achievements and awards from me.
I work in IT Operations. When was the last time someone in Ops received an official award/achievement for ensuring a company’s IT infrastructure continued to function while under-budget, under-staffed, with aging hardware and software because the company is to fucking cheap to spend any money on IT.
When was the last time anyone went to an IT Director and handed him/her an award for making sure the IT environment didn’t go down.
It’s a thankless industry. You’re only on an executive’s radar when shit hits the fan and you get yelled at. When everything is running well (which is no easy task), you’re completely ignored.
I don’t work in fucking marketing, or sales, or the medical field, or any countless industries that have awards for excellence.
Fucking academics. They’re so fucking high on themselves yet so fucking stupid, not understanding how the real world works.
Anyway, I just had to vent. Sorry. Nothing to see here.