I was working in a temporary position and usually those positions
are not considered very important because you are just filling in
until their regular employee returns. I was amazed to find that
every day when I was leaving for the day, my boss would stop
whatever he was doing and tell me that he appreciated all the things
I had done that day. If there was anything that I had gone out of my
way to do, he would specifically mention that task. A couple of
times, he was in a meeting when he saw me leaving and he asked them
to wait just a moment and he came to the door of the conference room
and acknowledged in front of everyone that he appreciated my work.
Once, he was on the phone, and he stopped the conversation long
enough to wish me a good evening and thank me for the work I had
done. It meant a lot to me that he went out of his way to show that
his appreciation was genuine and not just something he said when it
was convenient.
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I was working in a temporary position and usually those positions
are not considered very important because you are just filling in
until their regular employee returns. I was amazed to find that
every day when I was leaving for the day, my boss would stop
whatever he was doing and tell me that he appreciated all the things
I had done that day. If there was anything that I had gone out of my
way to do, he would specifically mention that task. A couple of
times, he was in a meeting when he saw me leaving and he asked them
to wait just a moment and he came to the door of the conference room
and acknowledged in front of everyone that he appreciated my work.
Once, he was on the phone, and he stopped the conversation long
enough to wish me a good evening and thank me for the work I had
done. It meant a lot to me that he went out of his way to show that
his appreciation was genuine and not just something he said when it
was convenient.