Maybe you should do less 'work'

Re:Maybe you should do less 'work' by Consultant32452 on Monday March 28, 2022 @11:41AM (#30831682)

I have different advice. Focus less on what your bosses want and more on what you want. Doing what your boss wants is a cost you pay, do as little of that as possible so that you can do the things that you want.

This is an exchange in a market. If Best Buy wants $500 for that new TV, would you go in and offer them $750 for it? If Wal-Mart will sell you the same TV for $400, consider going there isntead.

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Re:Maybe you should do less 'work' by giantg2 on Monday March 28, 2022 @01:12PM (#30832858)

I agree.

A fun side story is when I got a new manager a while back. In our first one-on-one, he told me that he has connections through the company and can use them to get me promoted to another team if I make him happy. I get that making the boss happy is part of a job, but that should be accomplished by doing good work. This direct proposition just felt too quid pro quo and had a stink to it, in my opinion.

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Re:Maybe you should do less 'work' by couchand on Monday March 28, 2022 @06:26PM (#30836355)

Was your new manager new to being a manager? I could see that kind of offer coming from an operator, but I could just as much see it coming from someone lacking confidence trying to project a miscalculated sense of authority.

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Re:Maybe you should do less 'work' by giantg2 on Monday March 28, 2022 @08:50PM (#30837419)

They were a manager for a long time before that.

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