Going to turn heel
for years i have been the good guy in the company. the one that everyone can count on. i do everything for the company. i was basically the company's cash cow. i worked overtime no with no pay. long weekend hours with no bonus. i came in early to check the stocks in the back and left later to close the shop down. i was a always a fan favorite. i had my motto hustle. loyalty. respect. i show it all to my co workers to all the customers that came by. i took the blame for money that was stolen by a coworker from the cash register. i lend money my car to coworkers. let coworker's family spend the nights during thanksgiving with me and my family. i always did my best to satisfy my customers need! they needed repairs without a warranty i did that. they needed a delivery in the middle of the night i did that! i put my heart out everyday and night for the company. my relationship with my gf declined because of my work. i had multiply surgery due to work related accident,but in the end what did i get? coworkers distance themselves from me because of declining sells. customers booing me because my sell tactics were no longer different or surprising to them. my boss still believes in me the number one guy on the show but that just pushes others to hate me even more to the point were i just can't take it anymore it. i had been push over the edge now and there's no going back. i will not go into work with my motto of hustle. loyalty. respect. i will not risk my life for the customers no more. with all that said current creative plans got me pencil in to turn heel this sunday at work.
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From what I can tell, I work in a similar position as you do.
When I come to work, I take five minutes after clocking in to have a cup of coffee and think of how I can do the absolute minimum amount of work throughout the day. I work at my leisurely pace, I don't stall around drooling up at the roof like a retard, but I don't bust my ass no matter how screwed the day is due to other people's incompetency.
The key is to make it look like you're working harder than you actually are. I do take my time to keep appearances of my section up, and if there is a problem, I think of a solution. If it benefits me, I tell management and go ahead with it. If it doesn't benefit me, I pretend I didn't see it and start thinking of some justification.
I still get good raises because I treat my coworkers and customers with respect, plus I'm charismatic and know how to make people laugh. I've found that a surprising amount of people don't really care how well you work (as long as it isn't terrible) more so than whether or not they just like you. Think about it - how do so many incompetent people get higher up in management?
In the end it's your call on how to deal with your issues, but from personal experience and from what I've seen from friends, prioritizing your job over everything else never works.
So what is your point?
welcome to the business.