Sharni Wearne has no intentions of leaving her job. She was just handed a promotion, and her job means the world to her.
Her manager leaves her to balance her week as she sees fit, never questioning her decisions. “As a working parent, that flexibility and trust that I get is worth everything to me,” she says.
Sharni Wearne, a diversity and inclusion manager at Medibank, says she regularly gets recognition for what she does at work. But not everyone is so lucky.
Her hard work is recognised in regular meetings with her manager, and she also enjoys the fact that she’s always included her in decisions that impact her role so that changes aren’t just thrust upon her at the last minute.
“For me, recognition is about having the autonomy and trust from my manager to handle my week how I see fit to get the work done,” the diversity and inclusion manager at Medibank says.
Wearne, who lives in regional Victoria, is not alone. The importance of recognition is critical in the workplace, but most of us aren’t getting our fair share of it.
In fact, 61 per cent of us don’t feel like we are being recognised for the work we do, according to the Workplace Engagement Index by employee engagement platform Reward Gateway. More than a third (34 per cent) of us believe their relationship with their manager is merely transactional.
It’s not doing us any good, either. Most of us (83 per cent) admit we feel more motivated and productive at work when we have a manager who actually cares about us.
The research also found that 79 per cent of HR managers wrongly believe that employees are regularly praised for the work they do, highlighting the disconnect.
Feel like what you do at work goes unrecognised? You’re not alone
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Sharni Wearne has no intentions of leaving her job. She was just handed a promotion, and her job means the world to her.
Her manager leaves her to balance her week as she sees fit, never questioning her decisions. “As a working parent, that flexibility and trust that I get is worth everything to me,” she says.
Sharni Wearne, a diversity and inclusion manager at Medibank, says she regularly gets recognition for........
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