Getting the rug pulled from under your feet.
For me, my work situation's got to be the mostt difficult humain experieence. All the little political play just leave me overwhelmed and sad.
Today I just learned that a project almost got pulled from my hands just because the senior didn't want to have anything to do with it because she failed the last time when she tried to manage the project. Her thinking then was that she didn't want to have t to deal with it, she just wanted to wash her hands from it [she's leaving this summer anyways, so what the heck]. What this meant for me was that, because I don't have that kind of experience, the project would have directly gone to the main office, and I would have never had the chance to learn!
Sometimes I have a hard time watching out for myself. In these situations, I rather just not deal with the stress of having to proof that I am worthwhile and capable. I am afraid that by trying so hard to proof myself, they'll believe me for a little while, and then I will fail abominably, due to lack of support and experience. I have been in that situation before, and it is very stressful. And I hate it. I can take on a certain amount of stress, but after a certain level, it is not worth it for me.
I am just sad that employers often lack the foresight to provide opportunity to grow to their current employees, that they fail to see the potential, and give a chance to the team. They think they don't have time.: they'd rather hire somebody who is already "trained", and overpay them, failing to see that this may not be in their best interest in the long run. By failing to provide opportunity to give progressive responsability to their current employees, they create an environment of doers, of empoverished creativity, and self-estime. They fuel animosity and frustration, and under use their own assets. The results is that your good players are always moving out in order to get better opportunities, and "pre-trained" outsiders come in to try and undertand the dynamic of their new environment, then perhaps produce something valuable...Meanwhile, the guys that have been the re for a while, have the knowledge, the experience, but are told not to contribute.
Lack of trust in an over hierachised system.
Just my own two cents.
Today I just learned that a project almost got pulled from my hands just because the senior didn't want to have anything to do with it because she failed the last time when she tried to manage the project. Her thinking then was that she didn't want to have t to deal with it, she just wanted to wash her hands from it [she's leaving this summer anyways, so what the heck]. What this meant for me was that, because I don't have that kind of experience, the project would have directly gone to the main office, and I would have never had the chance to learn!
Sometimes I have a hard time watching out for myself. In these situations, I rather just not deal with the stress of having to proof that I am worthwhile and capable. I am afraid that by trying so hard to proof myself, they'll believe me for a little while, and then I will fail abominably, due to lack of support and experience. I have been in that situation before, and it is very stressful. And I hate it. I can take on a certain amount of stress, but after a certain level, it is not worth it for me.
I am just sad that employers often lack the foresight to provide opportunity to grow to their current employees, that they fail to see the potential, and give a chance to the team. They think they don't have time.: they'd rather hire somebody who is already "trained", and overpay them, failing to see that this may not be in their best interest in the long run. By failing to provide opportunity to give progressive responsability to their current employees, they create an environment of doers, of empoverished creativity, and self-estime. They fuel animosity and frustration, and under use their own assets. The results is that your good players are always moving out in order to get better opportunities, and "pre-trained" outsiders come in to try and undertand the dynamic of their new environment, then perhaps produce something valuable...Meanwhile, the guys that have been the re for a while, have the knowledge, the experience, but are told not to contribute.
Lack of trust in an over hierachised system.
Just my own two cents.
posted by minetto at 11:42 AM
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