Why should any of us do that? Is there objective reason, any benefit, any extra pay? They’ll try to pit us against each other, just pretending that work performance will be a criteria during the next round of layoffs. As if being a dedicated high performer has ever been a plus. Even worse, being a high performer makes you more often than not being the first one through the door. I don’t care about this company, I don’t buy into any drivel about “joint effort", “joint future”, “we all have to work together”, or any of that cr-p. I want to be paid adequately for my work, I don’t want to put any extra effort, and if the company is not happy, I’m more than willing to go away with my severance and for a better job. Everybody is in for themselves, right? That's a corporate slogan except when we are supposed to fill in the gaps they created and for free, because “family”. Gimme a break.
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As others are suggesting. There is an objective justification for this "Don’t pick up work after others". It's an anti-pattern for scale. These cases are inconsistent and exceptional to the operating strategy. They delay the business realizing the reality of it's at scale resourcing thus diminishing operational integrity and quality.
The pattern to follow here is "Fail Fast". Mechanically execute as pre-negotiated SOPs would suggest and escalated the rest. Those escalated failures provide the feedback managers need to properly resource and plan at scale. Provide that feedback with clarity up the org chart. It's management role to renegotiate the org and playbook to cover those cases in the future.
It’s like they yell FIRE all day everyday! Can’t hear it anymore
@yno+1tF38hNW If everything is a priority, then nothing is a priority, right? If everything is a 10, then there is no difference between them. Work things at you own pace, and if no one will prioritize them, in your own order.
Exactly.. don’t give them more than you are getting paid for…there is no reward for you
For almost twenty years I was proud to work for Fiserv, I tried hard to show that to my clients and coworkers, I always did more than asked of me. I did my best to be an example to my son. I’m disappointed that opportunity is over.
One picks up other people's work at their own and everyone else's peril. Just a suggestion - never say no, simply do your work one task at a time within your working hours, nothing more. If asked or challenged in any pending activity simply demand that they be prioritized and never accept the posture of "all of them are a priority". Never fall for that game.