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Anybody’s work prioritize ‘busy work’ that presents illusion of mission accomplishment
Posted on 11/15/20 at 8:22 pm
Posted on 11/15/20 at 8:22 pm
Rather than actual mission accomplishment? I’m talking about mountains of paperwork and useless forms simply so management can use that paperwork to present the illusion of mission accomplishment to apply for more government funding. The only problem with this is that it impedes actual mission-accomplishment. Feels as though companies care about the illusion of compliance than actually doing the work.
Sick of having to cater my process around useless statistics, performing subpar work, so superiors can then show compliance of 90+% of timelines because they’re afraid to answer to their superiors.
Imagine what America could do without all the bureaucracy.
Sick of having to cater my process around useless statistics, performing subpar work, so superiors can then show compliance of 90+% of timelines because they’re afraid to answer to their superiors.
Imagine what America could do without all the bureaucracy.
This post was edited on 11/15/20 at 8:28 pm
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Posted on 11/15/20 at 8:23 pm to TDcline
Just hack the system baw. The paperwork is easy. Spend 3 hours of your day writing thoughtful reports and spend the rest of your week playing madden and jerking off like the rest of us. I just got promoted.
This post was edited on 11/15/20 at 8:24 pm
Posted on 11/15/20 at 8:26 pm to TDcline
I’m fricking sick of these
Posted on 11/15/20 at 8:27 pm to TDcline
The military is full of busy work, most military jobs take a couple of hours the rest of the time is busy work
Posted on 11/15/20 at 8:32 pm to TDcline
Public schools function in this manner.
Posted on 11/15/20 at 8:34 pm to Skip Winkman
quote:Isn’t that most jobs?
most military jobs take a couple of hours the rest of the time is busy work
Posted on 11/15/20 at 8:53 pm to tigergirl10
You tell us walt.
Posted on 11/15/20 at 9:25 pm to TDcline
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Imagine what America could do without all the bureaucracy.
Most people in management have no idea what the frick they are doing and they spend their time trying to come up with busy work and pointless changes to justify their own job title and salary.
Posted on 11/15/20 at 9:50 pm to dbeck
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Most people in management have no idea what the frick they are doing and they spend their time trying to come up with busy work and pointless changes to justify their own job title and salary.
Advancement is all about BSing thru meetings when you don't know what you are talking about.
Posted on 11/15/20 at 10:01 pm to TDcline
Do you add any value aside from doing this bitch work? If yes, then go fricking do it.
Posted on 11/15/20 at 10:01 pm to TDcline
I feel like this must be a big business thing. I've only ever worked at small businesses, and I've never encountered busy work like that.
Posted on 11/16/20 at 6:15 am to TDcline
That is like 60% of any white collar job, baw.
Posted on 11/16/20 at 6:38 am to TDcline
Coworker does this. She was my Director and did exactly what you’re talking about and couldn’t get her other work done so they gave her a choice of leave or step down. Literally borderline kills herself by working from like 7 AM to 10 PM putting these bs reports together that no one reads because they include so much fricking information vs just highlights. She’s called at like 12:30 AM for “data” because omg the sky is falling if so and so doesn’t have this. Diagnosed OCD and flips if it’s not color coded and perfect.
Long story short, she does it to herself. Had a meeting with a group of our VPs one day and they asked if I could explain these reports, what do all these colors and charts mean? I literally blurted out “Nope, I honestly have no clue but here’s what you need to know...”. The room busted out laughing and said “thanks because we’ve been looking at these and had no idea what they meant either”. She was in there and I felt like a total dick, but even after hearing that almost a year ago it’s the same shite so I just gave up and let her occupy herself until she gets fired.
Long story short, she does it to herself. Had a meeting with a group of our VPs one day and they asked if I could explain these reports, what do all these colors and charts mean? I literally blurted out “Nope, I honestly have no clue but here’s what you need to know...”. The room busted out laughing and said “thanks because we’ve been looking at these and had no idea what they meant either”. She was in there and I felt like a total dick, but even after hearing that almost a year ago it’s the same shite so I just gave up and let her occupy herself until she gets fired.
Posted on 11/16/20 at 6:50 am to Cotten
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Literally borderline kills herself by working from like 7 AM to 10 PM putting these bs reports together that no one reads because they include so much fricking information vs just highlights.
Oh, if I had the option I wouldn’t do it. It’s a requirement for our job. Example: Employee is given a project with a timeline. Employee must email various people, fill out 10+ forms and forward them for signature, collect the signature and upload them into an electronic database, document everything in the company system, answer any and all questions associated with the project, and be prepared for about 3 hours of zoom calls in a given day.
All of which does not pertain to actually driving the project forward to completion, so you end up spending your entire day handling compliance nonsense and zoom calls without ever actually getting to the project. All of my colleagues take their work home and do it after hours, while not getting credit or pay bc its a salaried position.
Posted on 11/16/20 at 6:52 am to dbeck
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Most people in management have no idea what the frick they are doing and they spend their time trying to come up with busy work and pointless changes to justify their own job title and salary
Good thing we have grunts like you that churn out that paperwork so we can collect the quarterly bonus. Appreciate your efforts, now get back to work
Posted on 11/16/20 at 6:53 am to TDcline
Sounds like a lovely place to work
Posted on 11/16/20 at 6:55 am to TDcline
A process which serves a process rather than a purpose?
That is companies whose middle management is more bureaucracy than aome public agencies. They seek to justify their existence with unnecessary process.
That is companies whose middle management is more bureaucracy than aome public agencies. They seek to justify their existence with unnecessary process.
Posted on 11/16/20 at 7:01 am to TDcline
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Employee is given a project with a timeline. Employee must email various people, fill out 10+ forms and forward them for signature, collect the signature and upload them into an electronic database, document everything in the company system, answer any and all questions associated with the project, and be prepared for about 3 hours of zoom calls in a given day.
All of which does not pertain to actually driving the project forward to completion, so you end up spending your entire day handling compliance nonsense and zoom calls without ever actually getting to the project. All of my colleagues take their work home and do it after hours, while not getting credit or pay bc its a salaried position.
I'd want to suck start a shotgun real fast. I'm all for open communication and documentation but it can get out of hand.
Posted on 11/16/20 at 7:41 am to TDcline
If you oppose the busy work model, you could always choose the higher education model.
They don’t even do busy work, but just rank their greatness by how much more money they spend compared to their peers.
They don’t even do busy work, but just rank their greatness by how much more money they spend compared to their peers.
Posted on 11/16/20 at 7:46 am to TDcline
90% of what I do is useless. I perform tasks that are largely data related and deliver it to people that probably never look at it and have no real understanding of what they are looking at if they tried to.
Most shite in large industry is done for reasons nobody could explain to you without using the latest industry buzz words.
I sit in meetings everyday where the speaker is talking out of his/her arse and people in attendance nod their heads like something profound has been stated....all the while they are lost as hell and the speaker is full of shite.
I think I might be in a bad mood today....
Most shite in large industry is done for reasons nobody could explain to you without using the latest industry buzz words.
I sit in meetings everyday where the speaker is talking out of his/her arse and people in attendance nod their heads like something profound has been stated....all the while they are lost as hell and the speaker is full of shite.
I think I might be in a bad mood today....
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