MTG Salvation

If you are put on more difficult/strenuous tasks because you can do them better/faster than your peers than you deserve more money as compensation. I know it can be difficult to talk to your supervisors about this but I think it is what you should pursue if you intend on continuing to work there. I know the workplace is rarely "fair" and the argument you would have to pose would be that it is unfair that you work 50% faster yet get paid (I assume) similarly to your coworkers in unfair but I think if they value you as an employee they may be able to work something out to where you are either given a more equal workload or compensated justly for an increased workload.

I say give it the full week then reevaluate your position and move on if that's what you feel is right for you. Coming back from vacation can really highlight the parts of your job you don't like but it is best to give such an important decision time. I also agree with Jay13x that you manager should not make comments like that and if it continues you should definitely report said manager to whatever form of HR you have. Sorry in advance if you have no HR function I've been there too it can suck.

I have found that a job that annoys you at times is hardest to go back to just after a vacation, so my gut response would be to say bare it for the full week and reevaluate you feelings then. That said a manager that flippantly dismisses valid complaints is a bad manager. I have worked under managers who won't shut up and let me do my job so I know the feeling and it is very frustrating. Knowing that you do your job well yet still having a pencil pusher looking over your shoulder is one of the most annoying things to me personally. Do you have any options to move departments under a different manager or find a different job entirely?