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No matter where you go on this Earth, money has always been and will continue to be the greatest motivator for adult working people. As a matter of fact, everything that a person does in order to remain healthy and alive is based on how much money that person earns.

Yes, if you have an employer who just praises you for your good work and doesn't provide a raise in pay or some other financial reward, with maybe a promotion, something is clearly wrong somewhere. Either the place in which you work is losing money or your boss is lying to you just to make you work even harder and longer than you are currently doing for your employer. Well, if you protest the fact that you are made to work harder and longer for the same pay, one of two things might happen.

You might lose your job, or the company and/or business might go out of business. In which case you will have to seek employment elsewhere. Keep in mind that all of the praise on Earth isn't going to provide a place for you to live or put food on your table for you. It won't pay for your family's support or their medical expenses when they or you become sick.

Good hard working, smart and loyal employees do earn more money overall and there is a demand for the job that they do, no matter what business or corporation that they happen to be employed by. Keep in mind that nothing lasts forever, and one day you will go to work and discover that the boss who liked you so much has departed the business and you will have to begin the process of winning the respect of who next reviews your work.

Then again, you might get that job. Then again, maybe not. You see, if your employment record shows no pay increase or doesn't contain an honest determination of your good work, well, that's too bad for you. More often than not, your new boss will replace you with one of his or her friends and you'll have nothing worthwhile to show your prospective employer just how good you are at the job you had for the person and company who did nothing but tell you what a good employee you are.

Like it or not, within the current business climate, you are worth only what you can provide to your employer. Yes, if another person can do more for less, well, that's too bad for you. Worse yet, it seems that for every available job there are twenty or more people who can do that job. So, when you really stop to think about it, just to have a steady full time job within any business or corporation is a great accomplishment. Good luck to you and above all else, make sure that all of the praise you receive is put in writing in your employment folder. Yes, and you better make your own personal copy of it so that you can provide that information to the next employer who might require your special kind of knowledge.

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