<![CDATA[Why is the burden of “not letting the team down” always placed on overworked employees, instead of on management to hire enough people?]]>Why is the burden of “not letting the team down” always placed on overworked employees, instead of on management to hire enough people?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/0192861e-a895-476e-a33a-819e95c670a9/why-is-the-burden-of-not-letting-the-team-down-always-placed-on-overworked-employees-instead-of-on-management-to-hire-enough-peopleRSS for NodeMon, 27 Jul 2026 16:47:01 GMTFri, 24 Jul 2026 20:42:44 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Why is the burden of “not letting the team down” always placed on overworked employees, instead of on management to hire enough people? on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:28:14 GMT]]>@Strandjunker It's framing. If sick employees call in sick, they are lazy. If management hires a bare minimum, it's lean staffing.
The former is a morale failure, the latter a virtue.
It's toxic management and leadership practise paired with deeply internalized self-deprecation.
Also the *only* way to enable constant growth on the shoulders of workers.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ruhr.social/users/itnomad/statuses/116978961249802358https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ruhr.social/users/itnomad/statuses/116978961249802358Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:28:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why is the burden of “not letting the team down” always placed on overworked employees, instead of on management to hire enough people? on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 04:58:37 GMT]]>@Strandjunker @crazyeddie That, too, sounds like the old Motorola under the Gavin family. Bingo.]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://friendica.myportal.social/objects/e65e1095-106a-6442-7dc4-f2d521409488https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://friendica.myportal.social/objects/e65e1095-106a-6442-7dc4-f2d521409488Sat, 25 Jul 2026 04:58:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why is the burden of “not letting the team down” always placed on overworked employees, instead of on management to hire enough people? on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 04:56:17 GMT]]>@Strandjunker Because management is rarely willing to watch its own head roll.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/crazyeddie/statuses/116978835604275499https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/crazyeddie/statuses/116978835604275499Sat, 25 Jul 2026 04:56:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why is the burden of “not letting the team down” always placed on overworked employees, instead of on management to hire enough people? on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 04:50:10 GMT]]>@Strandjunker insufficient unions

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/pixel/statuses/116978811539608023https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/pixel/statuses/116978811539608023Sat, 25 Jul 2026 04:50:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why is the burden of “not letting the team down” always placed on overworked employees, instead of on management to hire enough people? on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 03:52:06 GMT]]>@howtophil @Strandjunker

Well, that's too fucking familiar. Glad I'm retired.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/cainmark/statuses/116978583261469565https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/cainmark/statuses/116978583261469565Sat, 25 Jul 2026 03:52:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why is the burden of “not letting the team down” always placed on overworked employees, instead of on management to hire enough people? on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 03:26:36 GMT]]>@Strandjunker
Because in Merika we don't want our poor bosses to not be able to afford the big house or the yacht. That would be such a shame if that happened. So instead we must all work ourselves sick.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://musicians.today/users/BluesHarp/statuses/116978482980461382https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://musicians.today/users/BluesHarp/statuses/116978482980461382Sat, 25 Jul 2026 03:26:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why is the burden of “not letting the team down” always placed on overworked employees, instead of on management to hire enough people? on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 02:57:54 GMT]]>@Strandjunker A speech I give to new members of my team on the regular:
"I don't get to tell you how to use your time off any more than I get to tell you how to spend your paycheck. You earned that; it's yours. If your taking time off — to visit your family, see a new country, or just catch a breather — leaves me with scheduling problems, that's not a *you* problem, that's a *me* problem, and *I* need to figure out how to keep the joint running."

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dice.camp/users/pooserville/statuses/116978370130275590https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dice.camp/users/pooserville/statuses/116978370130275590Sat, 25 Jul 2026 02:57:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why is the burden of “not letting the team down” always placed on overworked employees, instead of on management to hire enough people? on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 02:53:58 GMT]]>@Strandjunker

Why is the burden of lost jobs placed on workers instead of the management who can’t manage?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/HamonWry/statuses/116978354618949293https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/HamonWry/statuses/116978354618949293Sat, 25 Jul 2026 02:53:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why is the burden of “not letting the team down” always placed on overworked employees, instead of on management to hire enough people? on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 02:53:21 GMT]]>@Strandjunker Being managed implies that you are still considered as an asset but it is unclear if you are classified as one-time-use goods or not

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116562427991310522/statuses/116978352254627733https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116562427991310522/statuses/116978352254627733Sat, 25 Jul 2026 02:53:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why is the burden of “not letting the team down” always placed on overworked employees, instead of on management to hire enough people? on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 02:52:08 GMT]]>@Strandjunker @bouriquet Theoretically that's correct, but in a large corporation you have the team manager being given a nearly impossible assignment by the branch manager, who did that because he in turn was given a nearly impossible assignment by the sector manager who told the corporate manager he could pull off the impossible. The result ain't pretty.]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://friendica.myportal.social/objects/e65e1095-966a-6424-d87c-524698891528https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://friendica.myportal.social/objects/e65e1095-966a-6424-d87c-524698891528Sat, 25 Jul 2026 02:52:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why is the burden of “not letting the team down” always placed on overworked employees, instead of on management to hire enough people? on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 02:42:15 GMT]]>@Strandjunker But the coach is part of the team, not so?
A manager should be a facilitator, not a punisher.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/bouriquet/statuses/116978308577962664https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/bouriquet/statuses/116978308577962664Sat, 25 Jul 2026 02:42:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why is the burden of “not letting the team down” always placed on overworked employees, instead of on management to hire enough people? on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 02:28:13 GMT]]>@Strandjunker because ✨profits✨

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116977775046984489/statuses/116978253387692362https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116977775046984489/statuses/116978253387692362Sat, 25 Jul 2026 02:28:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why is the burden of “not letting the team down” always placed on overworked employees, instead of on management to hire enough people? on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 02:24:02 GMT]]>@Strandjunker That, Andrea, is the crux of the catastrophic failure of the Motorola Semiconductor Sector where hourly wage earners have more job perks than middle management, which took all the blame for the failures of upper management. Today's Motorola is that in name only because its failed ass got bought out.]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://friendica.myportal.social/objects/e65e1095-376a-641e-42ba-086988046237https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://friendica.myportal.social/objects/e65e1095-376a-641e-42ba-086988046237Sat, 25 Jul 2026 02:24:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why is the burden of “not letting the team down” always placed on overworked employees, instead of on management to hire enough people? on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 01:21:33 GMT]]>@davidtheeviloverlord @Strandjunker

"That's not an excuse; it's a reason."
"What's the difference?!"
"Much like you, excuses don't have to be tied to reality. Reasons are real."

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/howtophil/statuses/116977991260668867https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/howtophil/statuses/116977991260668867Sat, 25 Jul 2026 01:21:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why is the burden of “not letting the team down” always placed on overworked employees, instead of on management to hire enough people? on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 01:20:11 GMT]]>@Strandjunker You could be like me and point out the "common point of failure," which is "management not managing people or projects effectively." But then the management gives you a poor review despite you scoring "beyond expectations" on all the line items of the review...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/howtophil/statuses/116977985893962366https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/howtophil/statuses/116977985893962366Sat, 25 Jul 2026 01:20:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why is the burden of “not letting the team down” always placed on overworked employees, instead of on management to hire enough people? on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 01:15:41 GMT]]>@Strandjunker

if you can't afford, to or simply won't, pay an adequate staff enough to support their good lives, you have an egregiously poor business model and need to rethink or do the work yourself

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/libramoon/statuses/116977968163588218https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/libramoon/statuses/116977968163588218Sat, 25 Jul 2026 01:15:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why is the burden of “not letting the team down” always placed on overworked employees, instead of on management to hire enough people? on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:03:03 GMT]]>@Strandjunker because bosses are seldom leaders!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/RoelArnold/statuses/116977682567128836https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/RoelArnold/statuses/116977682567128836Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:03:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why is the burden of “not letting the team down” always placed on overworked employees, instead of on management to hire enough people? on Fri, 24 Jul 2026 23:59:20 GMT]]>@Strandjunker

I once had a conversation with a boss that went like this:

Boss: Why isn't all the work getting done?

Me: You've rostered one person to do two jobs.

Boss: I don't want your excuses, I want the work done!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/davidtheeviloverlord/statuses/116977667964330968https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/davidtheeviloverlord/statuses/116977667964330968Fri, 24 Jul 2026 23:59:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why is the burden of “not letting the team down” always placed on overworked employees, instead of on management to hire enough people? on Fri, 24 Jul 2026 23:47:47 GMT]]>@Strandjunker rostering is hard. Leaning on people's good will is easy

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cloudisland.nz/users/pearofdoom/statuses/116977622545549941https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cloudisland.nz/users/pearofdoom/statuses/116977622545549941Fri, 24 Jul 2026 23:47:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why is the burden of “not letting the team down” always placed on overworked employees, instead of on management to hire enough people? on Fri, 24 Jul 2026 23:43:33 GMT]]>@sherold @Strandjunker
Freelancer’s response to being asked to do work on speculation comes to mind
https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1266659549/vulgar-leopard-print-pinsbadges-1-12

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/AccordionBruce/statuses/116977605925694123https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/AccordionBruce/statuses/116977605925694123Fri, 24 Jul 2026 23:43:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why is the burden of “not letting the team down” always placed on overworked employees, instead of on management to hire enough people? on Fri, 24 Jul 2026 23:33:36 GMT]]>@Strandjunker

Ask the union-busting, NDA-happy shitty dickholes that own Natural Grocers.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.plus/users/GGMcBG/statuses/116977566760960543https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.plus/users/GGMcBG/statuses/116977566760960543Fri, 24 Jul 2026 23:33:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why is the burden of “not letting the team down” always placed on overworked employees, instead of on management to hire enough people? on Fri, 24 Jul 2026 23:14:59 GMT]]>@Strandjunker the former controlled by your manager, while the latter is controlled by the finance team

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116297795530042917/statuses/116977493551337152https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116297795530042917/statuses/116977493551337152Fri, 24 Jul 2026 23:14:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why is the burden of “not letting the team down” always placed on overworked employees, instead of on management to hire enough people? on Fri, 24 Jul 2026 22:36:01 GMT]]>@Strandjunker I regularly ask Teams what the biggest time sinks are. The answer is always the same: Salesforce, Confluence, Jira, and so on.

When companies buy software to introduce micromanagement because they’ve completely lost track of what their 70+ employees actually do all day, it’s only natural that at least half of them start using ChatGPT or Claude to write code, documentation, and project comments for this kind of SW.

People are sick and tired of Bloatware bullshit.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mobidic/statuses/116977340364286216https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mobidic/statuses/116977340364286216Fri, 24 Jul 2026 22:36:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why is the burden of “not letting the team down” always placed on overworked employees, instead of on management to hire enough people? on Fri, 24 Jul 2026 20:58:09 GMT]]>@Strandjunker
Dam good question!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/EthicalProfessor/statuses/116976955493683444https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/EthicalProfessor/statuses/116976955493683444Fri, 24 Jul 2026 20:58:09 GMT