Signs You Are Not Valued at Work (and What to Do About It)

Are you struggling at

work

to figure out if you are

valued

on your team and if you should look for a different job? In this video we are going to talk about the

signs

that you are not

valued

at

work

and

what

you can do to fix it. Stay tuned, welcome back to the channel. My name is Ben Preston, author of Harness Your Butterflies and creator of the career accelerator program that helps professionals like you create an exciting and fulfilling career if you're new to the channel and haven't already. With that done, don't forget to hit the subscribe button and if you find this video useful, hit the like button and without further ado, let's jump into the video so we all know

what

it feels like to be in a depression in the job, but if it's something that's been going on for a while, you might start to wonder if I'm even valued at my job.

In this video, I'll cover six different

signs

that show you may not be valued at work and then at the end. From the video I am going to talk about some things that you can do to remedy the situation, so come on, the first sign that you may not be valued at work is that you are not assigned any important tasks, so if you see that many Other people are starting to understand things that you would be very good at or you see that big projects, high profile projects go to other people and not to you, that could be a sign that they are not valuing you. job, so what if this is happening to you?

If this sign specifically is happening to you. What are some things you can do first? You can talk to your boss and see if this is intentional. A lot of times things like this happen just because your boss might be focusing on a certain initiative at some point or they might be focusing on a certain employee at some point, so if you talk to your boss, maybe just ask them why they didn't give me that task. or if there are other tasks I may have. uh in the future and if you're starting to see a little bit of resistance or rejection, that's probably not a good sign.

The second thing you can do is potentially take on more work, so if you see that your boss is giving you less tasks. it might be that they think you don't have the bandwidth or you don't have the skills to be able to work on things and so to change that perspective or that perception, you want to figure out how you can do that. more involved, more committed to different projects, expand your skill set, that kind of thing, so that's the other thing you can do and lastly, if you're really stuck and you really feel like you're not valued and you're missing out all good projects because your boss just doesn't want you there, you may want to look for another job, look for other opportunities, maybe within your organization or if you really need to look outside your organization, that's also an option, but those are the three.

There are different things you can do if you feel like you are not having good opportunities. The second sign is that your ideas are constantly being rejected. If you're, let's say, in a meeting, if you're presenting things to your boss. presenting things to your team and you see that every time your ideas are rejected, it may be because they are not suitable for the project, but if you see it happening in many different projects chances are that you are simply not valued in your current position, then What can you do if this happens to you? The easiest thing you can do is to speak up if someone says your idea is not good, your reaction should be something like Can you explain to me why that is or do I feel like this idea has some merit?

Can we go a little deeper into it, but just using your voice to create a presence and saying, I understand that you might not like my idea, but come on? explain why that is so, the other idea you can have is to present your ideas in a different way, so that if you present them you see that people don't bite or don't like them or don't enjoy them. or they don't feel like they can fit, you can position your ideas in a different way or reframe them, so if you say you know we need to do x, y and z, you might want to position and say, well, let's look at opportunities that solve this and this and once you get people to think in a different way, then you can reintroduce your ideas and you will be fine because you will find that people are much more receptive in that sense and the last thing you can do in this category is find a mentor, find a someone who can show you the ropes, help you use the internal dialogue within your organization to present your ideas in a new and creative way, or maybe can just give you some ideas from an outsider's perspective, other than looking inward and saying , here's why this idea might not work, here's why you might scream about getting shot down or that your idea the judges are very good, but if you find a mentor, that's also a very good help, number three is your Colleagues take credit for your work If your colleagues take credit for your work, what can they do?

They can talk so they can say yes, I was also part of that project. This too, why don't they credit me? You can document your work. If there is a problem with, say, your supervisor, you can make sure that your supervisor is aware of what your contribution was to that project and, finally, talk to your boss if you know that if you and your coworker report to the same supervisor, it could be the case that your supervisor just thinks that you know this person is doing a lot of work and you don't, but if you say you know, hey, this is what I have.

I've noticed this is a trend and maybe you and your boss can have a conversation with this other coworker to make sure he knows how to solve that problem. The fourth sign is that he is not included in important conversations. This could be for a number of reasons, it could be that you are not valued at work, it could be that you are simply not thought of or it could simply be that this meeting is not the way to get involved, but what can you do? The first thing is obviously to ask to be included if it's something you feel you should be included in.

The second thing is that you can offer help, you can offer support, you can offer resources, you can offer your time. You can offer your expertise whatever it is and the last thing you want to do is talk to your boss and find out why you might not be included or it might be something you want to tell your boss about. Hey, this is what suits me. Why am I? not working on this number five, the fifth sign that you may not be valued at work is that your salary may be lower than it should be, so what can you do?

The first thing is to negotiate your salary, you can ask to sit down and have a Renegotiation based on any information you have that makes you think you have less than other people. The second is that you could simply look for another job, which is always something that is on the table, especially if you don't feel valued in your current situation. role and you feel that you could do more or better things in a different company and the last thing you should do is talk to your boss and that will be a constant throughout all of this if you feel that you are not being valued and you feel that your salary is low , you want to make sure you talk to your boss or HR and number six is ​​you don't feel recognized or appreciated, what can you do?

The first thing is to recognize your coworkers for the great work. to do, what this will do is they will start a kind of culture of recognition, positive reinforcement, that kind of thing and if you start doing it with no strings attached, let's say you just congratulate the other members of your team for really cool projects that they Once done, you will see that it comes full circle and that you will also be appreciated and recognized and of course it is not surprising that you talk to your boss and see what is happening if it is something or see what is happening if it is something. that you're noticing that you're not being recognized, but everyone else is, it might be something that with some kind of dynamic between you and your supervisor you need to work out if that's the case, if your boss doesn't really think that. you are highly valued in your organization and that's why they want you to leave, maybe look for another job and with that that's all I have for this video, if you enjoyed it don't forget to like it if you have anything. anything else you want to add don't forget to leave a comment uh and again I have new videos every Tuesday so I'll see you in the next one