In an effort to protect myself from layoffs as much as possible, I kept taking on more and more work. Now I'm stuck with doing more than double what I used to or I should be and I have no idea how to hit reverse without jeopardizing my job. I'm running on fumes here and the worst part is, I don't even know if I made myself any safer. Learn from my mistakes, kids.
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Do as little as possible. Do the required work well. Meet the criteria of your goals. Nothing more, nothing less. I, too, have learned the hard way.
Once you learn that you are just a number and there is no loyalty in a corporation, the faster you can recover from being overworked. If you have a good relationship with your direct manager, reach out to them. Other than that, when people IM you in Teams just ignore them as they add no value and aren’t the ones paying your bills. That is step one in winding down being overworked.
Doesn’t make you any safer - corporations don’t care. We have an individual on our team that says YES to everything as if they’ll save themselves from location strategy.
@OP times have changed. You need to conduct yourself like a corporation, not a worker. Put out the least amount of product to get the maximum amount of financial reward. Any extra product requires more income.
Empire building is last-century.
I kinda did the same last year, but thankfully the extra projects I've been involved in are not going to be a priority in 2025. I'm not taking any extra work this year though for sure.
Some employees still haven't leaned this basic lesson. At Wells Fargo, the harder you work, the worse you get punished. Don't make this mistake.
Poor soul. You can take on all that work and still be let go. There are no guarantees, unless you are in the club. You are trying to use logic and that does not factor in when they decide to cut. Do yourself a favor, slow down , work the 40 hours. Because if you get laid off , you will be mad that you gave up time for yourself and your friends and family .