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DEHe said:
“The ones who come in early are the ones who care the most.”
And he wasn’t wrong.
You’re the one who logs on before your start time.
You sort things out before anyone even notices there’s a problem.
You stay that extra 10–15 minutes just to finish things “properly.”
Not because you’re told to.
Because you care.
You want to do a good job.
You’ve got standards.
You don’t like doing things half-hearted.
But here’s what actually happens…
No one pulls you aside and says “we see you.”
No one says “you’re doing more than expected.”
It just quietly becomes… normal.
Now you’re the reliable one.
The one they can depend on.
The one who’ll “just sort it.”
Same pay.
Same hours on paper.
But more of you being given every single day.
And the people who don’t do that?
They’re still on the same wage.
In the same role.
Leaving exactly on time.
That’s the bit that got me.
Not that hard work is a bad thing
but that I was putting it somewhere with a limit.
A ceiling.
Where giving more doesn’t actually create more.
So I didn’t lower my standards.
I just stopped giving that level of effort to something that can’t return it, and found something to build along side my job that will.
If you’re interested in finding out what I’m building message INFO
#workreality #knowyourworth #overworked
@devonjadehx
