We already are stretched thin. Many teams have a lot of roles and workers missing already, while the workload remains the same. There’s a constant pressure to work more efficiently and harder. Too much overtime is becoming normalized. Coming reorg and layoffs can make things so much worse. Those who keep their jobs may end up worse off than those who are let go.
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The absolute most useless roles are Global Advisors, Product Line Managers, anything “Digital” titled, Release Train Engineers and I think scrum masters can handle way more teams, they’re just glorified facilitators. However, I guarantee they’ll go deep and heavy on Global Advisors and Product Line Managers and et cetera. The problem is too many bad managers got promoted and the culture has promoted that for too long. If Mark Nelson can get to where he has and stay, then it’s endemic and the toxicity is permanent.
Keep your nose to the ground, do your stories, keep that id--tic ADO board updated and schmooze.
the people who need to be cut aren’t- keep bringing in more management but cut the people who are actually doing work. makes no sense and we wonder why work doesn’t get completed on time.
We aren’t bloated we just have 27 people for every 1 person that actually does work. And those other people tell the 1 person how to do the job even though they have no idea what the job is.
Just say that you can be agile, everyone loves that word even though it means cr@p.
CVX is bloated. A MAJOR cut is needed.
While it’s true that Houston is not currently a literal swamp, living there most of the year sure feels like it. Sorry, but that is the truth.
I’m sorry but I see excess and waste. There are definitely quite a few positions that are not needed.
@a9+1jh1eb6m6 What swamp?
I’ve got 19 years of service and not close to retirement age. I’ll be raising my hand if EOI is offered. No chance in he-l I’m moving to the swamp.
Overtime? Unless you are getting paid for time and a half, work your normal schedule until after the culling is complete.