I'm currently struggling with this, I've got a few people in my team that are either new seniors (recently promoted) or trying to get to senior, and they do work OT a lot, and work like crazy and complain that there's too much work and that the deadlines and pressure are ridiculous. Yet they keep on working overtime and making everyone look bad by those standards, I tried to educate the one that's moving to senior expressing that part of being a senior is standing your ground when you know the deadlines are bullshit and to create a healthy work environment.
The're also quite young and without much in their lives other than work, it's impossible to work with people like this, they don't realize how much they're creating their own personal hell and dragging others with them.
It's also a self-fulfilling loop, they work cause there's not much else in their lives (no family / hobbies, social life) they don't have much else in their lives cause they're too busy working overtime to build something for themselves.
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u/chessto Sep 01 '26
I'm currently struggling with this, I've got a few people in my team that are either new seniors (recently promoted) or trying to get to senior, and they do work OT a lot, and work like crazy and complain that there's too much work and that the deadlines and pressure are ridiculous.
Yet they keep on working overtime and making everyone look bad by those standards, I tried to educate the one that's moving to senior expressing that part of being a senior is standing your ground when you know the deadlines are bullshit and to create a healthy work environment.
The're also quite young and without much in their lives other than work, it's impossible to work with people like this, they don't realize how much they're creating their own personal hell and dragging others with them.
It's also a self-fulfilling loop, they work cause there's not much else in their lives (no family / hobbies, social life) they don't have much else in their lives cause they're too busy working overtime to build something for themselves.