Thread regarding Wells Fargo & Co. layoffs

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My biggest accomplishment at Wells was to get my manager to stop saying yes to every ask from other teams.
Push back and say you don’t have the availability. Stop doing other people’s jobs for them.
Good work is only rewarded with more work.

@1iwl+1osnA4

Well, now you know someone that didn't. I'm the worst networker in the company, and yet I've been promoted 4 times so far. Never got a job from a friend, coworker I have drinks with at the bar after work, or any other kind of buddy buddy relationship. Usually hired or promoted by a relative stranger and I'm generally anti-social. I'm the guy that would never ever attend an after hours social event that was optional. I'm here to work and am not interested in anything else.

Somehow, I've got promotions. It's not always about getting the hook up from a friend. I'm sure other people have done it that way, but I have not so it's possible.

And that “someone they know” got them the job due to work ethic. Do you think people go to bat for those that do the bare minimum or less?

@1cow lol. Every time I work with the "gotta work hard to get ahead" types they always wind up going to work at a job they got through someone they know. Save the preachy stuff for when you write your "How I made it, and so can you!" book.

The only way to get ahead is to work hard.

I understand what OP is saying, but, in many teams the only path to a big promotion or great bonuses is working above 40 hrs, being available weekends at times and with all of that does come a trade off or sacrifice. And this unspoken requirement isn’t because some weren’t already great high producers and deserving, but it was/is the culture of their team or line of business.

How is the OP lazy? Tell me!

I think OP has their priorities in line. Put your oxygen mask on first so you can show up for others. Nothing selfish about that, nothing lazy about that.

I’ve seen too many people give their lives for their careers at great expense to their health, mental health, personal relationships and more only to get a pink slip when they get too old and well compensated.

Jordan Peterson has discussed the potential pitfalls of overworking. He has acknowledged that many who achieve significant success in their fields often work extremely long hours. However, working at such intensity can come at a cost, potentially leading to alienation from one's family, health issues, and other personal sacrifices.

I understand the OP did a poor job explaining the importance of finding meaning and responsibility in one's life, and failed to recognize that there's a balance to be struck.

Lazy