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A comment on Ask HN: How do work in a team that wont appreciate your help.

Re:Ask HN: How do work in a team that wont appreciate your help by cimmanom on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @07:21PM (#19496833)
What’s your motivation for helping? Is it to gain recognition, specifically public recognition?

You may need to re-examine your expectations. In a healthy workplace, helpfulness is expected; unless you go extraordinarily above and beyond it’s not considered something that deserves calling out.

A private “thank you” for an assist, yes, absolutely. A public display of gratitude? I’d be interested to hear what makes you think that’s in order.

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Re:Ask HN: How do work in a team that wont appreciate your help by iamthelord on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @07:37PM (#19496931)
my motivation is just as they are mine teammate so its part of my job to be helpful without expecting things in return but i see them showing gratitude towards other team-mates and it kinda start to make me think.

I guess my help is not that life changing to warrant a public gratitude.

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