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Vunic wrote:
What does it mean if someone says, "I'm not looking for recognition, but appreciation"


I'm taking the approach that "recognition" isn't meant in this context as some neutral thing (as in recognizing bad work) but that it implies a positivity to the work, if that makes sense, so here goes.

Recognition would imply some sort of public accolade, award, announcement, credit, etc.

Appreciation is usually more private, a bonus, a pat on the back, a...ok, I won't go there..., an extra vacation day, etc.

Often, recognition occurs without appreciation - ok, so I got a stupid shiny "good job" trophy that was given to me by the manager in front of the rest of the team, but what I really want is something practical, like a bonus (i.e, appreciation).

Conversely, I may get a huge bonus for developing an algorithm to solve failure modes in communication satellites, but what I want is recognition - my name on the patent application.

Does that help? Probably not. Anyways, I hope you appreciate the effort, but I don't need recognition Wink | ;)

Marc

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