Measuring Up

How you know what you're worth? When I decided to go into the field that work in, I didn't like that after my performance reviews my fellow coworkers would always ask me; "what did they give you" meaning how much of a raise did you get? I never wanted to know what other people got and I didn't want to tell them what I got.

People like to draw comparisons. They want to know about themselves and not how much you got. Or they want to see if the company is being fair.

There will always be someone better than me at my job and I will always be better in some ways than others. I will not gauge my performance by someone else's raise or lack of it. If feel that my raise wasn't enough (which I have only done once in my life) then I will tell them. It is up to them on how they need to handle all of the employees. And I have to trust that they are being fair to me and my family.

Know what your employers expectations are and exceed them wholeheartedly. And you'll never have to try to measure up to someone else.

Matthew 20:11-13

When they received it, they began to grumble against the landowner.'These men who were hired last worked only one hour,' they said, 'and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the work and the heat of the day.'

"But he answered one of them, 'Friend, I am not being unfair to you. Didn't you agree to work for a denarius?