Have you ever felt like you were being taken advantage of at work?

Well, welcome to corporate America.

Unless you work at a notoriously employee-friendly company such as Google or Zappos, you need to accept that the company you work for may be more interested in the bottom line than your happiness.

In an ideal world, you’d be recognized for all your awesomeness. They’d erect monuments in your honor for getting that report turned around on such a tight deadline. Do they know how hard you worked on that stinking report?

But this is the real world, and you’re going to have to fight off demanding bosses, difficult coworkers and your own bad habits. (Click here to tweet this thought.)

Here’s how you can survive in a company that’s looking out for number one — and how to know when it’s time to call it quits.