I spent hours today preparing data for a board meeting, and in the end it was skimmed over in 30 seconds. It felt frustrating, like the work did not matter. How do you stay motivated when your effort goes unnoticed?

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I’ve been there, so feel this. Is the Board asking for the information/have you asked what specific data they want to see? Does it tie to business strategy, priorities, risks, goals, and revenue? I’ve had to adjust my presentations/data based on the audience, so they do in fact find value in what I’m bringing to the table.

You raise a good point. Sometimes the problem is not the quality of the work but the disconnect between what we prepare and what they actually care about. Frustrating, but maybe tailoring it to their exact priorities is the only way to get noticed.

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I have lost track of how many times I have had to rush "extremely time sensitive" tasks that take hours, just for them to not even be opened until days later. Motivation left me a long time ago.

completely relate. It feels like leadership has no idea how much effort goes into those “urgent” tasks. You give hours of your time and it gets brushed off. Hard to keep caring when it feels like a cycle of neglect.

This is such an enraging experience that I feel everyone in HR deals with at some time or another. I'm constantly being written off by leadership or managers, even on things that they've specifically asked me for. I've started weighing every request and only putting in max effort when I know it's going to be reviewed in detail. Otherwise, they're getting bullet points.

I think your approach makes sense. Why pour yourself into details that will never be read? Filtering effort by audience is smart, though it is sad that the value of your work depends on who is paying attention rather than its actual importance

I feel your frustration, I hate it when this happens and it really infuriates me. I tend to then bring it up slying and saying like “before I spend my time doing this is anyone going to pay attention” may come across in the wrong way but when it happens multiple times, I feel you have to be blunt to get your message across. That’s how it seems to work in my workplace😊

I admire that honesty. At some point you do need to ask bluntly if the work is worth your time. Otherwise, they will keep piling it on without accountability. It should not fall on you to play guessing games.

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