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re: Anybody’s work prioritize ‘busy work’ that presents illusion of mission accomplishment
Posted on 11/16/20 at 7:48 am to Animal
Posted on 11/16/20 at 7:48 am to Animal
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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.
I do some scheduling and status reports in my current position. It's pretty disheartening when no one even looks at the documents I produce.
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Posted on 11/16/20 at 7:56 am to TDcline
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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 have a friend like that and I feel bad for him.
Drops the kids off at school, works until 6:30 or so, comes home to 2 kids and a drunk wife, eats supper and goes into his home office until he gets tired and goes to bed.
It sounds like a miserable life. I work on the weekends and at night sometimes, but its usually a product of doing what I wanted to during the day.
Posted on 11/16/20 at 8:19 am to TDcline
Yes. That’s what all good jobs worth staying at are like.
Posted on 11/16/20 at 8:29 am to TDcline
I completely stopped doing all busy work about 3 years ago. Even expense reports—their card. If their systems can’t generate the reporting they seek, don’t ask me to do it and fire me if you don’t like it. I’m here to generate revenue, nothing else.
Posted on 11/16/20 at 8:29 am to TDcline
welcome to corporate america
Posted on 11/16/20 at 8:31 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
My husband's job is getting more and more like this every day.
quote:After working side by side at home for 6 months I seriously suspect this is what is happening as well with the others on his team.
All of my colleagues take their work home and do it after hours, while not getting credit or pay bc its a salaried position.
quote:Also this is the truest statement.
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.
This post was edited on 11/16/20 at 8:36 am
Posted on 11/16/20 at 8:50 am to TDcline
OP, why don’t you start your own company? Then you can run it any way you want.
Otherwise, STFU and do your job.
Otherwise, STFU and do your job.
Posted on 11/16/20 at 8:52 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
Found the hourly worker who never got promoted.
Posted on 11/16/20 at 9:35 am to tigerinthebueche
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Found the hourly worker who never got promoted.
Haha. Right. You can always spot the guy that was never offered a management position. He is the one complaining management is clueless, yet he is the one doing all the busy work.
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