Well things have gotten somewhat better. HR recently carried out a psychosocial risk survey and they said that due to the results, management is going to do more as far as employee appreciation. My team had a short-term goal to meet last week and they did a little party for us when we made it, and seemed very happy with us that we made it. Our boss made it easier to meet the goal by loosening up the use of this boilerplate language we use when we can't find any recent information. So, that helped us get our stats up quickly and this month shouldn't be a problem as far as meeting the goals.

Next week is a 4-day weekend for Independence Day, and they're letting us out at 1 the day before it starts and gave us a quite a nice bonus, more than my husband gets. I would have gotten more if I had started in 2016 (I signed my contact on Feb 1 this year). So, at least I am feeling like I am getting some appreciation for my work.