Three team members left months ago with no replacement in sight. Their responsibilities have been distributed among the rest of us, and it seems leadership views this as a permanent solution. Is there anything we can do to force them to hire some people, because we're close to our breaking point?
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Sit back and let the sh-t happen. It will be cheap entertainment ...
Just leave.
Perhaps if you spent less time of the workday online, you might get a bit more work completed...
Let things break. Try to make sure your name isn't on anything that can be associated with a significant control failure
@OP This isn't cynical opinion, it's the CEO's strategy: They want you to quit. They won't refill your position. If you somehow mesmerize them with your performance, you'll be laid off with severance. If you fail in any way, for any reason, you will be terminated without severance. It's the 2026 plan. I urge you to see this is true.
Just do at least the level of output you did before. Let the rest fail. Not your problem.
3 months. you all already proved that you can handle the load.
Force them to hire people? You must be new here
In most cases, your team will find a way to get the work done.
No, this is the point. They want you to break your back for the benefit of the shareholder while your wages barely rise.
There is one guy supporting our group for many years. Last Dec he told us his group let go many people, everyone needs to support more apps. To make it worse, they landed a lead on top of him, and a senior manager on top of his manager. The lead is to dispatch works, every app submits intake, he reviews and assigns, now not only this guy doing double the work, we spent a lot of time filling form, answering lead's questions (and some quiet d-mb). And I am sure high management is proud of themselves by strengthen the leadership, that group can do more with less little guys.
Malicious compliance. Let things fester, don’t kowtow to increased demands and create “management” reporting that trends and manifests the consequences of the lean regime.
Leadership no doubt is getting points for being more "efficient". You can't force leadership into being less "efficient" and hiring more workers. Note it isn't your problem. Be nice, don't over work yourself, don't burnout -- it is their problem not yours. If you have established your boundaries correctly they can't blame You when things break.
Just let things break.
find another job.
its permanent.