So many ways to look at and react to what you experienced!
1) Go ahead and give that measly $90 to charity - or the very next two random homeless persons you see on the street.
While you are handing the measly $90 to those homeless persons, *think hard and long* how insulating that $$ is to them, then be grrateful for what you receive on each paycheck.
2) Is it fair that others - male, abled, ill - received more than you? *WE don't know *because we and *YOU* do not know **all the details/goals** listed on those persons annual performance plans, or exactly *why* the company paid out like it did.
We/You *do not know* to what extent they met or exceeded their goals, which would warrant the bonuses they received.
Not every issue at work is based on discrimination. Sometimes it is based on actual performance. You staying late and doing more doesn't mean you met all the goals in your own performance plan.
3) Sometimes the leaders we work with are petty idiots. Only you know if you are working with one/some of those. You decide if you can overlook that pettiness and collect your regular paycheck each payday - and be content.
If you can't accept others getting more bonus money than you received, perhaps you should reduce the extra work you do? Or perhaps you could find another job abd start over another 5 years at a new job. *BUT* how exactly will those two options make a true difference?
4) Siimply be grateful you have a job that you actually want to work hard and long hours at, many folks are unemployed.
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