Ah heck
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That requires people who are willing/able to learn. I have put together so many documents detailing a procedure with clear instructions and screenshots and still have coworkers who can't figure it out. Hell, the number of people who can't run a goddamned script to do it for them ( also with instructions and pictures!!) is also too goddamned high!
Been there too. The advantage of writing the document though is that it means you can point people to it at least.
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In my neighborhood, I’m the backup for the backup DIY guy, but people are starting to see where I specialize in, so eventually I will start getting jobs that the others can’t do as well. Soon I will be the specialist for certain things.
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Been there too. The advantage of writing the document though is that it means you can point people to it at least.
Yeah, but you and I both know you're still going to be holding their hand 30-40% of the time anyway...
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The next stage in personal growth is to help others grow more competent and learn to delegate. That means you can then focus on the stuff only you can do.
At least that's what I'm learning.
That's called "doing management's job"
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On the bright side being indispensable makes me impervious to layoffs.
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On the bright side being indispensable makes me impervious to layoffs.
Yes but, I just found out that I'm so competent and trustworthy that since management needs to shuffle the supervisors around and the only way to make it work is to leave me in charge of the team for several hours without a supervisor. So now I'm looking at "we'd love to promote you but you're just to valuable in your current role". It a damned of you do, damned if you don't situation.
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Yeah, but you and I both know you're still going to be holding their hand 30-40% of the time anyway...
Better than 100% at least, I guess.
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On the bright side being indispensable makes me impervious to layoffs.
I wish this was true
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Yes but, I just found out that I'm so competent and trustworthy that since management needs to shuffle the supervisors around and the only way to make it work is to leave me in charge of the team for several hours without a supervisor. So now I'm looking at "we'd love to promote you but you're just to valuable in your current role". It a damned of you do, damned if you don't situation.
You may be able to leverage that for benefits like WFH days or higher raises than rest of team.
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That requires people who are willing/able to learn. I have put together so many documents detailing a procedure with clear instructions and screenshots and still have coworkers who can't figure it out. Hell, the number of people who can't run a goddamned script to do it for them ( also with instructions and pictures!!) is also too goddamned high!
Same.
in my case I have soooo much documentation it overwhelms everyone. Every day it's always something new so it keeps growing. -
Just Keep going until you have a burnout! Then they'll learn!
::: spoiler Tap for spoiler
They won't
:::Thats the nice part of hybrid. Min max time at office so more time to chill.
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I wish this was true
wrote last edited by [email protected]While it’s no guarantee, it’s true more sometimes than not
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There is an old maximum of leadership that is:
“If you want something done give it to your busiest person”
And it is terrible. If you perform this kind of delegation, you have to expect that the other tasks will be shoved back on the priority list and the overall efficiency will decrease. This busy person will need more time overall for the sum of the tasks, because this kind of parallelization will make it harder to work on one task with focus. Also they will burn out eventually. But hey, that's not management's problem.
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I refer to this as "the curse of competence"
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On the bright side being indispensable makes me impervious to layoffs.
Yeah you just get to do the work of 3+ people as others get laid off and the workload shifted to you, until you can't actually manage to keep up and then either get laid off or quit...
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Yes but, I just found out that I'm so competent and trustworthy that since management needs to shuffle the supervisors around and the only way to make it work is to leave me in charge of the team for several hours without a supervisor. So now I'm looking at "we'd love to promote you but you're just to valuable in your current role". It a damned of you do, damned if you don't situation.
Start applying for new jobs. Take your team with you.
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I used to think I was an idiot, that everyone around me knew what they were doing and I didn't.
Later I joined the work force and I now I kind of wish I was an idiot because no one seems to know what they're doing and that is existentially dreadful.
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That requires people who are willing/able to learn. I have put together so many documents detailing a procedure with clear instructions and screenshots and still have coworkers who can't figure it out. Hell, the number of people who can't run a goddamned script to do it for them ( also with instructions and pictures!!) is also too goddamned high!
On one hand, fair.
On the other hand, this is what the real skill of leadership is - getting people to care.
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Yeah you just get to do the work of 3+ people as others get laid off and the workload shifted to you, until you can't actually manage to keep up and then either get laid off or quit...
Yeah that's true. Never said anything about being happy. Or it being sustainable. Sometimes it's all you can do to survive.
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much like everyone else is incompetent
