27 Overachieving Employees Enlightened After Getting Punished for Being Too Good at Their Jobs

All-star employees are rarely ever compensated for their extraordinary work. 

The truth of the matter is, it's not the compliments, the bonuses, and the promotions that all overachievers are looking for, sometimes it's just a nod in their direction or some credit where credit is due. Higher-level bosses set weirdly impossible goals for their workforce, expecting almost everyone to fall short, but now and again, there's some all-star, hardworking, strong work ethic employee who sees a quarterly goal and actually achieves it. You'd think that going the extra mile in the workplace would merit some sort of reward, but that's not always the case. 

Should hardworking employees ever be punished for going above and beyond? 

Perhaps the managers, the bosses, and the department heads in the upcoming stories were threatened by their best employee's work. I always thought that extra credit work was worth extra credit rewards, but in the modern workplace, that's not always true. Oftentimes, hard workers are rewarded with extra workloads, quickened deadlines, and moderate scolding when they surpass expectations, all (of course) without the fiscal compensation that their hard work merits. 

Is it so hard for employers to see good work and praise it? Apparently, for many overachievers, getting exemplary results in record time only warrants more projects, more spreadsheets, and more headaches. If managerial staff isn't going to recognize when their workforce shoots for the moon, perhaps it's time the common, working man acts their wage, fulfilling only their most menial tasks in the time allotted for them. What's to motivate the employee's deflated brain after getting scolded for good work? Nothing short of a 150% raise, a corner office, and a four-day workweek would make these employees forget the tarnished image of their leadership team. 

Fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice, the uncompensated overtime hours, the extra effort, and the unrecognized skills make a fool out of me.