Eye Service: When Visibility Matters More Than Hard Work

I do not work for the company. I work for the eyes that run it. Hard work may arrive at 8 a.m., but eye service arrives earlier, ready to greet the boss, carry a bag and laugh at jokes that are not funny. I once believed merit would be rewarded. Instead, hard work brought me more work while praise, bonuses and promotion went elsewhere. That was when I learned that results often whisper, while visibility holds the microphone. In an office that rewards appearances over integrity, people like me learn to perform. We nod before the boss finishes speaking and present other people's ideas as our own. Yet every promotion feels borrowed, because the system that rewards eye service eventually corrupts everyone in it. When workplaces celebrate performance instead of genuine contribution, eye service may create the greatest employee on paper and the greatest failure in reality.

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