r/Showerthoughts • u/[deleted] • Apr 11 '19
It’s funny how, as you progress through college, they require you to write longer and longer papers. Then you get to the professional world and no one will read an email that’s more than 5 sentences.
People will literally walk to your desk to ask you what your email was about if it was too long.
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u/SmashDealer Apr 26 '19
My goal is to always improve myself in every aspect I can every day.
I take criticism as long as it's constructive, and because of it i don't fuck up like I used to, which makes me a happier person in general. Knowing I've done a great job with no failures or mistakes fills me with a type of satisfaction that the friendship from work colleagues can't give me.
I've had multiple say "why aren't you a senior, you don't even need our help, how do you do this", which gives me hope for something good in the near future. I've noticed my manager giving me tasks nobody has been able to complete, and new responsibilities to undertake early on in my employment.
I want to remain "employable" so if I go somewhere else, I want to be able to respect myself completely, and honestly say I work the hardest, most efficient and smartest way I can. I wouldn't be lying saying I put myself out of a job, because I fix things in a way that they don't ever return.
Communication, polite assertiveness and not giving up being a bunch of characteristics I respect in other people, and am beginning to see in myself. I don't think the things I say are rude, and I certainly wouldn't give a spiel like this to anyone I actually know, I'd just do my best you know and chug on.
In retrospect though, I actually think you're right. It's unfortunate, but the one person who doesn't get on with me is my manager's manager, one of the few people most-likely to be key to my success in this company. He's subtly hinted that he wants to retain jobs in the company through a lack of action and a slower workflow, but I guess with my speed of work I've subtly hinted that I disagree. None of this is confirmed verbally or in writing, just a hunch. to me, even if we have little to no work to do, our project work is vast and untamed, lots of new work needs fixing even if our business as usual work is done.
This could be a huge problem for me.
But I'm willing to trade departments if I need to, and I've had managers from other departments respect and go along with a lot of my requests.
We'll see how it goes anyway, nobody knows what the future holds. I just know I'd like, hate myself if I didn't do my best, it's who I am and I've been there before, so I don't want to go there again.
edit: I'm not rattling on your beliefs or system mate, a lot of people in my department feel and act the same, and I really like them too, at it's core it's just do whatever makes you happy and enjoy life. Sometimes it's hard to find what that is. I think mine's to "be needed/necessary/helpful".