We have our company banquet tonight. There’s going to be food, a live band, the big CEO and VP’s and all the important people to “get to know”. They also have awards they give out for employee of the year, client advocacy, community service, technical excellence, etc. I could be a candidate for some of these awards. I’ve put in a lot of hard hours and excellent service to my company and the client. Who knows…
Have you gone to company banquets? Chit chatted with the big wigs. Schmoozed with your coworkers and moved on up? In essence, this is is an opportunity to indirectly increasing your income (one of the factors towards ER – though not necessarily the most important) by promoting your career . Do you feel important at these banquets, or they have them just because a company “supposed to.” Do you also get year end bonuses at these? Or do you skip these all together?
What are some things one can do to “advance their career” in order to reach ER. There’s the work work work, no life no life and you can get there faster, because you don’t have time to spend, you’re earning more, etc.. but I think that could lead to burnout (something I may be heading towards. See I actually think I’m doing the work work work, tough it out for now, reap the rewards, but I’m not seeing any of these rewards even with my work work work. I've heard its who you know, not just how much or how quality your work is.
I know I’m young (23) and must be patient.
Have you gone to company banquets? Chit chatted with the big wigs. Schmoozed with your coworkers and moved on up? In essence, this is is an opportunity to indirectly increasing your income (one of the factors towards ER – though not necessarily the most important) by promoting your career . Do you feel important at these banquets, or they have them just because a company “supposed to.” Do you also get year end bonuses at these? Or do you skip these all together?
What are some things one can do to “advance their career” in order to reach ER. There’s the work work work, no life no life and you can get there faster, because you don’t have time to spend, you’re earning more, etc.. but I think that could lead to burnout (something I may be heading towards. See I actually think I’m doing the work work work, tough it out for now, reap the rewards, but I’m not seeing any of these rewards even with my work work work. I've heard its who you know, not just how much or how quality your work is.
I know I’m young (23) and must be patient.