My manager gave me a warning for asking for asking for a award!!!.

Annisele

That sounds like what my employer calls an "informal warning". In other words, "so long as you behave yourself in future we won't take any future action here".

From the sounds of it, your manager explicitly told you you'd "be in trouble" if you emailed the person dealing with cfs awards, you did email that person, and now your're in trouble. Regardless of whether or not that's fair, I don't think it can be said to be unexpected.

In general I think you should only ever disobey a direct management instruction if you're prepared to take the consequences of doing that. Here, the consequences were entirely predictable.

I strongly suspect that the pragmatic answer here is to let the matter rest, take no further action, and either get on with your current job or find another one. This particular manager apparently "hasn't nominated anybody for years", so it would be difficult to argue that he didn't nominate you because of some sort of protected characteristic. And you don't say that you even won whatever the cfs award was, so it's also hard to argue that your manager nominating you would have made any difference.

Marvel1

I wouldn't be going above and beyond on what others do from now on.

MalMonroe

I once had a wonderful line manager who always told her staff, including me, 'never work above your pay grade'. She said this because when you go over and above what's expected of you (as stated in your job description) in any job, it's very rarely recognised and almost never appreciated.

Similarly, if you are working as hard and as fast as you can so you can be given an award, if it isn't given then you should just relax and work to the same capacity as everyone else. Because it appears that none of you is receiving any kudos or appreciation anyway.

Don't knock yourself out. I'm not suggesting that you don't do your best but just don't try to be better than everyone else because it's not helping. All it's doing is tiring you out and making you very cross and resentful. 

It may be time for you to think about looking around for a new job, see if there are any other posts that you can apply for where your conscientiousness will be appreciated.

Just my own thoughts and opinions, of course but it's obvious that you feel that you are being taken for granted, and maybe you are.

ReadingTim

Regardless of the issue over which the disagreement has arisen, the OP is being insubordinate by challenging their manger's authority and making threats to report them if the OP don't get his or her way.  Management and HR don't appreciate this sort of behaviour, so the OP would be wise to drop the matter and keep their opinions to themself, otherwise they might find themselves further down the disciplinary process, star picker or not.  

eamon

It all smacks of tin pot company reward schemes. Witness: attendance awards, employee of the month and so on. Yes, a thank you and well done are always welcome. But money or other financial reward is better.

Smithcom

MalMonroe said:

I once had a wonderful line manager who always told her staff, including me, 'never work above your pay grade'. She said this because when you go over and above what's expected of you (as stated in your job description) in any job, it's very rarely recognised and almost never appreciated.

Similarly, if you are working as hard and as fast as you can so you can be given an award, if it isn't given then you should just relax and work to the same capacity as everyone else. Because it appears that none of you is receiving any kudos or appreciation anyway.

All sounds a bit depressing and uninspiring!!!

As an international rugby manager once told me, 'you can't beat endeavour' 

At one point in my career, I spent several years feeling fairly unappreciated in my role.  I put in 200% and never seemed to get the rewards.  However, those desired rewards came in the end when my old boss gave me a very big leg-up a number of years later.  I have experienced this sort of thing many times in my career.

Hard work and endeavour seem very unfashionable at the moment, but can I just say that no-one achieved greatness by mediocrity and by benchmarking themselves against the average plodder.

SC

saker75

MalMonroe said:

I once had a wonderful line manager who always told her staff, including me, 'never work above your pay grade'. She said this because when you go over and above what's expected of you (as stated in your job description) in any job, it's very rarely recognised and almost never appreciated.

I confess I’ve had this attitude when working in the private sector - I’ve never particularly cared about working for others to get wealthy. However I’m the opposite in the public sector and have always done far more because there is a common good. Depends on your ethos.

General_Grant

MalMonroe said:

I once had a wonderful line manager who always told her staff, including me, 'never work above your pay grade'. She said this because when you go over and above what's expected of you (as stated in your job description) in any job, it's very rarely recognised and almost never appreciated.

Was she trying to avoid having any of her people recognised by those further up the hierarchy and losing out to them in the future?  
Even then she was allowing for going "over and above" sometimes being recognised and appreciated.
I'd be wary of a manager who told me not to do anything more valuable than exactly in my job description - they could then say "my staff are really good at their jobs but are not displaying attitudes and abilities for promotion".