OT: Load management in real life work

[Stannis]

i'm finding new hires to be about 50/50. half of them work way too hard to try to "prove themself" and the other half are lazy as fck. it seems there's very little middle ground in the new gen.

We are struggling with this. Especially with remote workers. I know "silent vacationing" is a trend now. It seems like people accept the job and just see how long they can get way with doing nothing lol.

Maybe employers should treat their employees better?

Of course.

But it's pretty clear what happens here. Zero initiative or willingness to learn. And they don't take firing hard at all. On to the next for them. I don't blame them. But it sucks for people like me (who aren't in upper/senior positions) lol and are expected to pick up the slack while roles are getting cycled

[Stannis]

Since I wasn't CIO or anything like that, I'd just say my vacation was in the backcountry, in the mountains, no cell service.

Vacation is vacation. These f*ckwits already had me working 50+ hours (minimum, trust me, often it was more) in the office (before I scammed work from home before Covid and it was a thing) and then assumed I'd be checking emails after hours, plus weekly meetings with APAC, so I'd have to be up or wake up at 3 AM to hold the meeting.

So, my vacations were always "deeply remote".

"I'm off to visit my unabomber cabin. See you in 2 weeks"

I need to start taking vacations in places with no cell service.

Kid you not, I tried international vacations. And the company paid for my international cell service in case they needed something lol.

LEAVE THE FVK ALONE

[HarthorneWingo]

We are struggling with this. Especially with remote workers. I know "silent vacationing" is a trend now. It seems like people accept the job and just see how long they can get way with doing nothing lol.

Maybe employers should treat their employees better?

Of course.

But it's pretty clear what happens here. Zero initiative or willingness to learn. And they don't take firing hard at all. On to the next for them. I don't blame them. But it sucks for people like me (who aren't in upper/senior positions) lol and are expected to pick up the slack while roles are getting cycled

Agreed

[ctorres]

I'm the GM of a venue

I work 7 days a week. I do light work on what should be my days off, but commit to being fully present on the events that matter Fridays and Saturdays that I book, doing everything I can for us to make the most money we can on those nights.

The Josh Hart strategy of playing for 48 minutes but not going hard the entire game because I take a breather on the offensive end occasionally and just let Jalen Brunson do his thing. However, when the game on the line, I am crashing the boards and doing everything on the floor that is necessary to win the game.

That's my attempt at load management.

[robillionaire]

I only work maybe 5-6 days a month I guess you can say I’m already doing load management lol