I want your opinion … is anyone else noticing unnecessary competition, role grabbing and unethical behavior (sending your work out as if it is theirs) from your peers? This is a new one for me and my first problem with a peer in India.
Just want to find out if this is the new normal or has it always been this way and I have been lucky.
In my experience here over the past 20 years, very little "old" gets displaced.
Sure, shiney new stuff comes in all the time. But the old stuff rarely goes away.
I found that it doesn’t really matter if you’re the only one in the company with a specific skill set to do a particular task/job.When new leadership comes on board, their new ideas get implemented. Virtually everything old is displaced. This company has recreated the wheel so many times, That it’s not about the success of the project, but the success of the rebranding perception.
Let 'em.
I'm the only one in the company that does what I do, and while others can easily pass off my work as theirs (particularly in JIRA), if I were to leave then some things under the covers would stop happening. Nobody would notice for about a month, or even a quarter in some situations. But eventually they would, and then - oh boy!
This is what I call "Quiet Satisfaction". Kinda goes along with all the Quiet Quitting and Quiet Firing talk around here.
Oh yes. I’ve had my peers and supervisors pass off my work as their own. One peer actually had the gall to tell me that I made her look good. It’s a dog eat dog line of business.
This is definitely not new, and is among reasons I left. I lost count of the number of times a manager (who was later promoted to a leader) claimed others' work/projects (mine included and he wasn't even my manager) as his own on large group calls. This was in Corporate Communications for reference and he's still there...
He wasn't the only one. I even had direct colleagues that were just plain nasty/bullying on calls, via email, etc. One finally got moved because the internal leader client couldn't stand working with this person (though they STILL got a promotion prior to getting moved off the client beat).
My only guess with the peer (and manager) bad behavior is their own insecurities.
Yes, I have noticed this for the past 20 years. It's rough and tumble even cut throat.
Yes, this recently began happening to me too, for the first time in nearly 20 years with the company. The posts about what's causing this make sense ... if people are afraid of being laid off, passed over, or ranked below others, then insecure and venal people will turn on their colleagues. It's depressing to see a once-great organization fall so far, so fast...
No, I haven't. On the other hand I work for a great manager and have great peers.
60-80 percent of us will be meets expectations. So why get all crazy and try to cut ahead of each other.
Have not noticed that behavior at all.
It’s more a case of employees who don’t add a lot of value feeling insecure
And there’s plenty who don’t add value
Stack ranking and forced 1 and 2 ratings is what drives it. Why would I help you and take a chance you shine over me. There is no value given to helping people. Collaboration is often used to justify RTO yet with this ranking system sharing knowledge with others can hurt you big time.
There is absolutely no way I would not call someone out if I noticed this
I recently transferred and I keep getting spooked because my coworkers actually do share stuff and give each other credit because the team I worked on before that mess was like a gladiator sport
I haven't noticed any of that.
Living under constant threat of losing your job doesn’t bring out the best in people.
When management dictates that employees be graded on a "bell curve" where only so many can get good ratings, it becomes a competition. Which means working hard is no longer enough - you have to be better than your peers to get a good rating and I am sure some people will do whatever it takes.
It's a lot about trying to prove your worth here right now. It's becoming a dog eat dog world
It is definitely ki----g the team atmosphere, that is for sure. Less sharing of information, less willing to assist across duties, less willing to cooperate and hand things off.
Everything you need to know about what’s happening here is in this book: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kylewestaway/2022/05/31/jack-welch-the-man-who-broke-capitalism/?sh=18c7374a95a6
No time to read? Check out the Slate Money podcast where the author was featured a few weeks ago.
Standard operating procedure for many people when they feel like their job is at risk.