Have you ever felt like you’re doing your job just right, only to be told it’s not good enough? I recently came across a Reddit post that got me thinking about the expectations game in the corporate world. The author, who works at a big-name company on the West Coast, was shocked to discover that meeting expectations no longer cuts it. In fact, if you’re only meeting expectations, you might not even get a salary increment – not even a single dollar.
It’s like, what’s the point of having expectations if meeting them isn’t enough? Shouldn’t meeting expectations mean you’re doing your job well? But no, nowadays you need to exceed expectations just to get a measly 1% raise, or sometimes just to keep your job.
I’m curious, did this used to happen pre-COVID as well? Has the pandemic changed the game, or was it always this way?
It’s a weird time we’re living in, where meeting expectations is no longer good enough. It’s like, what’s the benchmark here? Are we setting ourselves up for disappointment, or is this just the new normal?