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I tried reading this, but it is just stream of consciousness writing and littered with unnecessary details. It comes across as petty and the author doesn't seem
by allenu 8y ago
I tried reading this, but it is just stream of consciousness writing and littered with unnecessary details. It comes across as petty and the author doesn't seem to be good at communicating what he wants. For instance, he's whining about a 9am meeting with a coworker. If it's such a big deal, why didn't you ask for a later meeting?
- raydev 8y agoThe "coworker" seemed more like a superior. I'd also be wary of cancelling meetings with a hostile superior.
- allenu 8y agoWas he? He was just mentioned as "one of the other designers on the team". Anyway, most superiors I've dealt with are open to feedback about a meeting time. If a time doesn't work for me, it's not out of the question to request an adjustment. The author sounds like the kind of person who will just passively accept a situation instead of saying what he really thinks, leading to internalized anger and bitterness.
- throwaway080383 8y agoTo me, it sounded like they all reported to Greg.
- raydev 8y agoJim had seniority and apparently more clout. Just because OP wasn't directly reporting to Jim doesn't mean Jim wasn't a superior.
- throwaway080383 8y agoHm, odd definition of superior, but I work at a place where levels are secret and titles only reflect function.
- lern_too_spel 8y agoAt places like Google, where peer reviews determine your bonuses and your career advancement, senior people on your team have to be handled politically. For a person coming in at a level 2, this means nearly everyone.
- allenu 8y agoI've worked at a large software company with a similar review system in place and I think this attitude makes it sound like everyone is walking on egg shells and can't state what they really think for fear of offending someone in power. That's hardly the case. If someone "below" me had a problem with my scheduling or some things I was doing, I'd like them to tell me and not just act angry later on. People work together and generally try to be accommodating in large companies. But it does require people communicating their needs to each other and being fair. The poster sounded like he was holding a grudge against people and trying to power through things instead of having a frank discussion with other people. It sounds like they have talent, but they need work in working with others. I get that sometimes you know your ideas are much better than other people's, but at the end of the day you need to work with others and give and take a bit.
- lern_too_spel 8y ago> I think this attitude makes it sound like everyone is walking on egg shells and can't state what they really think for fear of offending someone in power. That's hardly the case. The company has to explicitly foster an egoless culture to make fair peer reviews work, but egoless employees aren't going to present themselves well enough to get promotions. The system incentivizes politics. If you didn't see it in your team, your teammates hadn't learned to play the game yet.
- bootlooped 8y agoTweet-storm stories always feel like that: disorganized, erratic, frantic, extremely unpleasant to read.
- creatonez 8y agoI think the stream-of-consciousness might be partially the fault of the format. The article is a long series of tweets, Threader is just a website that compiles them into an article.
- peatfreak 8y agoExactly!! If a meeting time is unsuitable I just tell the other person and they almost always agree to move it. Even most manager types (resonable ones anyway) don't schedule non-critical meetings for 9am the next morning.