Dear Emma:

I don’t have experience working in the corporate world or in the health care industry, but referring to your sentence: “I.. thought if I tried harder and harder and tried to stay positive I would be recognized“- I do have experience.

It is wonderful to be recognized, but to be recognized, someone has to do the recognizing: someone has to pay attention, someone has to care, someone has to want to reward those who are working hard- in personal relationship and in professional relationships, in private contexts and in public contexts. It happens, but not commonly.

It’s been very slow here on the forums, but I hope that other members reply to you as well.

anita