Speaking from experience. I was always the one our incompetent manager relied on when others pushed back. I ended up doing so much overtime that I became completely exhausted and started hating the job. Eventually, I wised up and put my foot down, and the pattern stopped. My advice? Don’t come into a job eager to prove yourself or be the “dependable team player.” People will take advantage of that. Put yourself and your time first. Sc--w the corporate talk about teamwork. Everyone’s really in it for themselves. In the end, you’ll get sacked anyway when your number’s up. Nobody will remember how much you did for the “team”.
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“ being dependable has worked for me.”
Most ‘dependable’ virtue signaling cabin boy.
“ Hard work or individuals are no longer appreciated, rewarded or recognized with the current leadership, merit is a thing of the past”
I’ve seen some groups hand out connection awards like candy, while other groups ki-l themselves and get nothing for it. If you are in a sales/marketing org you get them for very little effort, everyone else could save the world and not even get a thank you. NEO is the absolute worst at giving out recognition.
You all spend too much time on your computers doing conference calls with your cute little emoji faces like teenage girls
My manager was very upset when I decided to move on with a promotion, I was wore out and overworked, my fault. He berated me and was very vindictive till the very end of my time on “his team” because I was the go to person and wasn’t supposed to leave. Interesting that he took another position 3 months later, what a hypocrite and typical “leader” in SBC world, hypocrisy!
I learned my lesson, I do my job, leave on time and go home, no more volunteering or going the extra mile because one just gets dumped on. Hard work or individuals are no longer appreciated, rewarded or recognized with the current leadership, merit is a thing of the past. It’s why the company is treading water while slowly sinking.
This is what the union is good for!! I try to be dependable when it Is also to my convenience! At the end of the end the lazy b-ms that do the minimum get paid the same as I do!
Good management sees this and will give those that are dependable little more elbow room! Not as strict on on lunch time, vacation days granted at the last minute, little perks that add up.
But if I have something to do I can say "thanks but force the guy at the bottom, I am done" so yea glad to have the union for that!
I’m still waiting for the lack of accountability from the non performing one’s post?
I’m surrounded by them ad well as thePC ones talking game BS as they hide in the smoking mirrors. Beware of telling the hard facts cause we might be offended.
Very true, op.
This isn’t possible for management positions.
To valuable to production. That cream never gets to rise. Just keep that in mind. The more you do, the less you’ll rise.
OP-
Wise words!
No “good deed” goes unpunished.
Yes people. Evidence of a toxic culture. It’s FUBAR!!! Thanks to the SBC cancer culture from fast Eddie, favorite son in law RJS and Uncle Fester.
The more you do the more they expect. The less the others do the less they expect. They’ll have you doing everyone’s work if you step up.
The inmate that stamps out license plates faster than everyone else never gets parole.
@OP being dependable has worked for me.
Act clueless. Spread your work out better. If it’ll take you 1 week to do it, tell them 3. No ones mental health should be sacrificed for a job who keeps stripping benefits away. I didn’t mind working hard from home because it was a privilege. Now, I’m expected to sit in an office for 8 hours and doing mind numbing, tedious and excruciating work for no reason. My team is still spread out. I’m wasting time driving to the office whereas that 2-3 hours I could be coding.
I resonate so much with this. I came in trying to prove how smart I was and how efficient I worked. I was launching applications in 6months - 1 year. When upper management got a whiff of that, I got a multi million dollar project that would take 5-10 people and they expected just 2 people to do it in less than 1 year. My life became he-l. There was so much to do. So much weight on my shoulders. I was having mental breakdowns and spirals because I couldn’t handle the load. AS SOON as I completed the work and took a 2 month mental hiatus (I did not take pto. Just came to office and relaxed and did minor work), my manager had a problem with me taking a seat back and only chiming in when needed. He still expected me to fire on all cylinders regardless of my mental capacity. I hate ATT. Coming into the office put a true nail in the coffin for me. I’m getting F CKED from multiple ends.