- Terrible managers
- Excessive red tape
- Limited upward mobility
- Not being recognised
- Being micromanaged
- Forced to take on too much, not paid for it. No junior support
- Toxic workplace politics
- Getting drowned in the process & being disconnected to the outcome
- Excessive red tape
- Limited upward mobility
- Not being recognised
- Being micromanaged
- Forced to take on too much, not paid for it. No junior support
- Toxic workplace politics
- Getting drowned in the process & being disconnected to the outcome
Terrible managers
People don't leave organisations, they leave people.
Also, being skilled in a function doesn't translate to being a great manager. The same way brilliant students don't always make great teachers.
The ability to being out the best in someone is a gift.
People don't leave organisations, they leave people.
Also, being skilled in a function doesn't translate to being a great manager. The same way brilliant students don't always make great teachers.
The ability to being out the best in someone is a gift.
Excessive red tape
Banks fucking love this. If you want to order a new keyboard, you go through 8 levels of approvals & wait for sign off from Santa ++ 3 elves. It's ludicrous.
It also means you can't make any meaningful decisions quickly. Painful, misguided & archaic.
Banks fucking love this. If you want to order a new keyboard, you go through 8 levels of approvals & wait for sign off from Santa ++ 3 elves. It's ludicrous.
It also means you can't make any meaningful decisions quickly. Painful, misguided & archaic.
Limited upward mobility
Nothing is worse than bring stuck in the SAME role because the guy who's senior to you won't die. This happens often in smaller divisions/ firms.
It cripples morale & stifles personal development knowing you're a career professional middle manager.
Nothing is worse than bring stuck in the SAME role because the guy who's senior to you won't die. This happens often in smaller divisions/ firms.
It cripples morale & stifles personal development knowing you're a career professional middle manager.
Not being recognised
Everyone is replaceable in a corporate. If you die, they will send someone over to collect your work laptop & ask your wife where you saved the PowerPoint.
It's precisely why a little appreciation for great work goes a LONG way.
Everyone is replaceable in a corporate. If you die, they will send someone over to collect your work laptop & ask your wife where you saved the PowerPoint.
It's precisely why a little appreciation for great work goes a LONG way.
Being micromanaged
"Why did you take 35min for lunch instead of 30min?"
Grown adults being treated like fucking infants is the worst part of a corporate career. Some people progress into roles of power as a power trip & not because they're any good. Mediocrity is rife.
"Why did you take 35min for lunch instead of 30min?"
Grown adults being treated like fucking infants is the worst part of a corporate career. Some people progress into roles of power as a power trip & not because they're any good. Mediocrity is rife.
Taking on too much & not getting paid for it
Everyone has done this at some point. You end up carrying the team like Messi, except you're getting paid the same as a second division substitute.
If you make it a habit, firms will never hire someone because they see you can do it.
Everyone has done this at some point. You end up carrying the team like Messi, except you're getting paid the same as a second division substitute.
If you make it a habit, firms will never hire someone because they see you can do it.
Toxic workplace politics
There's always backstabbing, gossiping & just general bullshit propagated mostly my people who are fucking useless at their jobs
Unfortunately, just being great at what you do isn't always enough. So you smile & ask Karen how she is, when you don't care
There's always backstabbing, gossiping & just general bullshit propagated mostly my people who are fucking useless at their jobs
Unfortunately, just being great at what you do isn't always enough. So you smile & ask Karen how she is, when you don't care
Being disconnected to the outcome
If you're spending 12 hours a day on a production line repeatedly making the same microchip & not seeing iPhone - it can get pretty depressing
Purpose is what distinguishes a job from a career and a career from a calling.
If you're spending 12 hours a day on a production line repeatedly making the same microchip & not seeing iPhone - it can get pretty depressing
Purpose is what distinguishes a job from a career and a career from a calling.
