It is very easy to advise someone that they should set healthy boundaries in order to avoid burnout and refuse anything over 45/week. However, in reality, how many of us here really succeed at this? Maybe it's easy to set the boundaries if you have a good boss. Otherwise, it is not... unless you want to be threatened with RIF.
5 replies (most recent on top)
Yes those who clock in and clock out I’m very envious of. They know none of this really matters because the senior leaders of the company are unethical and immoral and don’t care about the company, just about lining their own pockets.
And, tbh, VP and up I’m envious of because with if I were unethical and immoral I’d not care either about just lining my pockets with cash. I mean, does anyone really believe any VP at Honeywell actually does a 40 hr week for Honeywell? Ge-z.
This comment really resonates with me. It took me many years in the beginning of my career to realize that being an "exceptional" performer was actually not worth it from a career perspective. Dopes like myself are willing to constantly work in overdrive thinking that we will get something for it however that increased productivity just gets counted as the new "normal". Later on when management tries to push that new normal onto the rest of the team then sooner or later you will become persona non-grata amongst your peers. As an exceptional dope you may think that big things will be coming your way and management may even allude to it however all that overdrive will usually be ignored and will often make you un-promotable, especially if work salary and salary exempt. For example, if you are 2 to 3 times more productive relative to the peers on your team then a promotion for you means that your manager now has to find another dope who is willing to work just as hard in order to keep the overall team output even relative to previous years. Now guess what... your manager will just do what's easiest for themselves and just keep you where you are. Why would they want to jeopardize their bonus by ki----g their golden goose?
Now what's the kicker? As an exceptional dope working in constant overdrive you will naturally start to burn out however slowing back down to a normal pace is not an option in the eyes of management. The bar has already been set and will never come back down. The people above you want their bonuses and will watch you burn to get them...
Cutting down a co-worker for bad management is pathetic and beyond childish. Unions can't protect your job being eliminated or you being terminated for cause. The best thing you can do is just get out while the getting is good. For the last two years before I left Honeywell for a better situation, I rarely worked more than 40 hours each week. You just have to have the stones to say no and stick with it. They knew that they couldn't afford to RIF me while the mass exodus was in full swing.
Boundaries fail because there is some other dope in the group gullible enough to but more hours in to make you look bad. The only fix is to unionize and act together or quit.
Otherwise stop complaining because Honeywell don't give a flying .....
My boss is great, and I’m comfortably able to set boundaries, but I’m in a rare group that nearly everyone is an outsider with less than 5 years at HON.