How is Work?
Me: Good Morning! How is work?
She: Bad ??
Me: Why? Too much work or Too messed work?
She: ?? You got it ??
Most of the times people are not afraid of too much work or learning something new or stretched working hours. What's frustrating is the messed up work, not too-much work.
And why is it messed up?
- Honest Mis-management
Mis-management is one of the popular reason. Not everybody is a good manager :P
- Unnecessary Overhead
'Saying No' in a constructive way is an art. We, as hard working professionals, don't realize that our plate is already full.
- Natural Politics
Politics is a way of life. It's an integrated part of human nature, i.e. the workplace.
- Never-ending Discussions/Meetings
Communication is important. But unnecessary and never-ending meetings and discussions eat up everybody's time. Time which is meant to actually work.
- Obvious Time-management
I have seldom seen effective Time-management. Everybody has got 24 hours a day - it is up to you how to manage it and be productive.
What can we do?
360 Degree review might help. Or measuring your team's pulse. Or 'acted-upon' retrospectives.
Inviting your valuable comments/insights on the managed work & messed-up solutions ??
Strategic Product Owner| Insightful Business Analyst | Project Manager |Certified Scrum Master| Driving Innovation & Business Transformation
6 年Agree !! To mitigate this ,things which are in our control we can try to make a difference without waiting for someone else to take ownership and bring change .We need to create healthy working environment for employees better health , morale and productivity. I believe in honesty than nasty politics.
Senior QA @ EY GDS | Experienced in Functional | Automation in Selenium | LIMS | Web Accessibility Specialist (WCAG 2.0) Certified
6 年Each and every point you have mentioned is true...
Lead SDET | Certified ISTQB | Guiding & Mentoring in Automation, DB & API Testing | Exploring Generative AI | Always Seeking New Challenges | Currently at The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC)
6 年Well said and its 200% reality in my view.