We’re reaching a breaking point. There’s been no follow-up, no backfilling of critical roles, no acknowledgment that we’re well past skeleton crew status. It’s like we’ve been forgotten. But the workload hasn’t changed. What exactly do they expect? That we’ll break our backs under these conditions while waiting to be laid off any day?
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@ed at least you are free now.
Management uses the platitude "DO LESS WITH LESS". The theory is to overload people to the point that that they naturally prioritize the most critical work.
My experience: direct coworkers being decimated in multiple rounds with me surviving each layoff. I worked harder and harder out of fear of getting laid off. I put on the most positive attitude I could. I volunteered for every hoshin project and initiative. I responded instantly to requests for help. I was in the office more than the required days. In the end, it didn't matter. I got my WFR eventually. In retrospect, all that grinding was pointless and pathetic. I should have been working on my resume, completing industry classes, searching for jobs, working out, improving my mental health.
Throughout my entire career in High Tech had to deal with this cr-p.
All yours now.
Don't forget to break once you reach the breaking point. If you don't then they will just keep piling it on.
I am of the opinion that huge cuts to staffing should lead to a corresponding reduction in goals. Good managers above me have made exactly this case. It’s not about breaking your back. It’s about right sizing the work with ruthless prioritization. And sometimes you have to let things fall apart and take your finger out of the leak in the dy-e. If upper management does not care about employee complaints on Tell Dell, they’re unlikely to care that employees or customers complain because of reduced staffing induced service quality problems.
Almost every company is doing this
My team has been like this for 2 years. We lost another 25% in March and have been missing deadlines ever since. No on on the team including our manager seems to care.
It’s happening across the company. They are trying to see how far they can push people. Do you push back? Can you afford to lose your job if you push back? Is your mental health deteriorating? Perhaps close down at 5pm and come back at 9am. Talk with your colleagues to do the same.
It's sickening and makes me so angry. Ugh.