I was working with a wonderful colleague who has been such an asset to our organization today. Over many months I’ve seen her go from the can do kid, to overwhelmed and burning out. She like many of us feel like we are backed up to a wall…if not me than who will do it…and if I don’t get it done…I fail, I let the team down. - the problem is not the players on the field. It’s the coach, the GM, and the owner. - they allow slackers and id--ts on the team, call d-mb plays, then expect the skilled players will win the game for them. - and our customers are like the id--ts who pay to go to a Jets games. BD is a lot like the NY Jets. If you have skills, if you want to win, take your game elsewhere.
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This is so sad, so common. I've seen it across many different teams and it's unsettling that scenarios like this are now commonplace across the entire org.
@b1 That’s a spot-on observation. people who have never delivered anything themselves have no idea what it takes to deliver something. So naturally, they don’t value the people who do.
This poor person will get the same “average” review and raise amount as others who barely remember to breathe. Raises and reviews at BD like participation trophies. Means absolutely nothing
@b1 BD has no leader who has both skill and ethics.
@OP and despite everything, if that motivated kid delivers exceptional results, those idi0tic slackers will be rewarded with promotions for “leadership.” So called leadership ruined the culture, then acts surprised when nothing works effectively.
Elect a clown, expect a circus - that's BD leadership in a nutshell.