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There's good stuff in this post. But, Setting priorities on what you should be working on is your bosses job, not yours. It's your job to say how much work yo

There's good stuff in this post. But, Setting priorities on what you should be working on is your bosses job, not yours. It's your job to say how much work you can take on and what amount is reasonable and what's not. Usually, if too much stuff comes in at once, You simply give your boss some options (task1, task2, etc), so he can prioritize your work load according to the needs of the business. Whatever doesn't get done this week, will need to be pushed to next week or next month, next decade, etc.

itamarst 8y ago
If you want to be more effective as an employee you need to take on the responsibility of setting priorities. And you don't do this before you have a certain level of skill and understanding, but once you do you become _much_ more effective if you know how to work towards goals instead of just being told what to do. And it's not that you contradict your boss' priorities. It's that you do what needs doing: those priorities feed into it, but also the reasons for those priorities.