‘Virginia is getting a non-promotion promotion. She’s getting added responsibilities but nothing else is changing.’
‘I….’ – a laugh – ‘I was going to say, typical, that’s fucking typical. But it’s not, is it? It’s really not, just what I would have said once.’
‘It is a bit typical. This is MegaBig Corp after all.’
‘Yes, it’s just something I would have said before. Getting responsibility, having more to do, but with no pay rise, no change in job title. But that’s how my whole career has gone, hasn’t it? I would be asked to do something more than I was qualified to do, or supposed to do, without reward as I saw it, and I would get annoyed and feel that I wasn’t being recognised, but actually this is how I advanced throughout my working life. I didn’t see it like that, though. Instead I would rail against exploitative bosses trying to extract every last ounce out of me without rewarding me as I deserved. The responsibility was the reward because with it I leapfrogged ahead. Will you have more salad?’