• The Assman@sh.itjust.works
    84·
    2 months ago

    I always say never work too hard. Managers don’t know how long things take because they don’t do any actual work. Set expectations accordingly.

    • Aceticon@lemmy.world
      30·
      2 months ago

      It’s a pretty damn sad thing having to do it if you’re a fair and honest person, but that’s just how the world works.

      (There are a few managers out there whom you can be honest towards without them taking away your reward for being efficient of going the extra mile, but in my personal experience those are pretty rare).

      • marcos@lemmy.world
        11·
        2 months ago

        I’ve pretty consistently seen the 1st level of management able to understand when you worked hard, and that it is not repeatable. Those problems tend to appear only when they report up what is happening.

        What is to say that often (not always), you can be honest with your manager if both of you can keep a secret.

        • Aceticon@lemmy.world
          5·
          2 months ago

          Well, sorta.

          Plenty (maybe even most) of 1st level manages will see and understand, but are still unable or unwilling to push back on unrealistic expectations coming from outside (sometimes not even from above, just from customer) so from the point of view of those working under them the result is the same if they’re not doing their own internal time reporting averaging and and are honest towards them.

          Further, they often fuck-up things, from planning to analysis and taking in account the dependencies on external providers and it’s the team that has to make up for it. Absolutelly, the managers will notice people going the extra mile … and do the same thing again next time around and it will be just as “unexpected” and “we have not other option” as all the previous times.

          I would even go as far as saying that the “understanding” manager that fucks you up anyway (sometimes because they’ll always put themselves above those working for them and might even be fake, others because they’re not very good at playing the game that needs to be played to other stakeholders) is the most common of all.

          Looking back (to almost 30 years of experience in several countries), some of my worst managers were “really nice” people but the team still suffered massivelly because they were not in fact good managers (they suffered alongside the team, for all the good that did to the rest) - essentially the team was holding the career of somebody who should probably be doing something else and at the end of the day, the managers rather than the rest were the ones getting more pay and bigger bonuses.

      • Flocklesscrow@lemm.eeEnglish
        8·
        2 months ago

        Not just members, advocates of the line. Their compensation is a function of the surplus value workers create.

  • Dorkyd68@lemmy.world
    16·
    2 months ago

    Exactly why you never give 100%. Never show them everything you got cause they’ll only want more

  • Queen HawlSera@lemm.eeEnglish
    14·
    2 months ago

    Give 95% and point out that you lack resources.

    They’ll never give you those resources, but they will get off your ass because subpar work seems to be the goal.

    I’m a god damn janitor and this is true even for my profession.

  • BossDj@lemm.ee
    11·
    2 months ago

    Our annual evaluation is a scale of 1 to 4 for a variety of categories. We’re supposed to show growth on the scales each year.

    For 15 years, I’ve started each year at 3 and grown to a 4 so the boss can tell their boss that they’re helping us grow. I could just start at a 4, but I wouldhave to provide justification for each 4 and that’s not a good use of my time. Which I guess I could use to justify getting a 4 on time management.

    • Amanduh@lemm.ee
      3·
      2 months ago

      Yep new boss comes along and has to find some things “wrong” with you so the next review after shows growth under their management which makes them look good. Not great for you because every other place asks for your last 3 reviews so now you have to justify some middle management bullshit in order to go anywhere else. Very fun.

    • GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
      13·
      2 months ago

      you jest but this is the reality.

      Two years ago I was working 12-16 hours a day. Got burned out.

      The stress isn’t worth it.

      I was constantly passed over for promotions because I was impossible to replace.

      now I put out 1/3 of the effort. that means tasks that took me one hour now take me 4 hours, one day is three days.

      I get done with my work and watch anime for 2/3 of my job now.

      I make $40k less than I should, and I just heard they’re taking away some of my yearly accrued vacation time (well everybody is impacted by this, not just me).

      The people aren’t all bad and the work is paid, so I guess I can pass some bullshit off and catch up on Black Clover.

      Some call it “quiet quitting”. I call it financial accruity financial optimization or fafo in short.

  • Dr_Box@lemmy.world
    8·
    2 months ago

    My work has been experimenting with a project for about 2 years now and this has been my life since then

  • Hannes@feddit.org
    0·
    2 months ago

    That’s why you always give 80% at work - so when shit hits the fan you can do 120%, impressing everyone while keeping a chill level of tasks for day to day stuff

    • SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world
      01·
      2 months ago

      Nah when shit hits the fan you do 81% never show your full potential until you reach the highest pay grade in the company. And the reality is you will never reach that pay grade, you will more likely switch jobs and go back to 80% input and cash bigger checks.