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Plot twist: X factor was known but dismissed by management. Management knows this and knows how to read between lines. Your career hit a brick wall and you didn

Plot twist: X factor was known but dismissed by management. Management knows this and knows how to read between lines. Your career hit a brick wall and you didn't even get to openly snub the management.

roenxi 8y ago
You're pushing the scenario into foolish territory. If management decisions are the root cause of a problem and they won't accept that, then the quality of the process used to identify the root cause is irrelevant. You could use the best or worst process and it wouldn't matter. If your management is bad, then there are a lot more risks to your career than trying to work with them to improve the process. It is more likely that a given employee has dead-ended their career because they don't know how to explain a problem without blaming people and having the humility to see from other people's point of view; both useful skills for getting a promotion.
- mesozoic 8y ago
  Interesting. I'm certain you're right don't blame your superiors if they hold your fate in their hand. But what do you do when you know they are incompetent? Cover their ass and feed their incompetence for your own gain? I'm not sure.
  - dagw 8y ago
    But what do you do when you know they are incompetent? Is your superior's superior also incompetent? What about his superior? Does your superior have someone else on his level that isn't incompetent? If you genuinely believe the company is top to bottom incompetent then what are you still doing there? Otherwise identify the competent people and start working that angle, either to get yourself transferred under someone more competent or to move critical decision making power from your superior to someone more competent (perhaps yourself)? Or, if you're that sort of person, find a way to use their incompetence to mask your lack of giving a fuck and just slack and collect a pay check until they fire you.

roenxi 8y ago

You're pushing the scenario into foolish territory. If management decisions are the root cause of a problem and they won't accept that, then the quality of the process used to identify the root cause is irrelevant. You could use the best or worst process and it wouldn't matter. If your management is bad, then there are a lot more risks to your career than trying to work with them to improve the process. It is more likely that a given employee has dead-ended their career because they don't know how to explain a problem without blaming people and having the humility to see from other people's point of view; both useful skills for getting a promotion.

mesozoic 8y ago
Interesting. I'm certain you're right don't blame your superiors if they hold your fate in their hand. But what do you do when you know they are incompetent? Cover their ass and feed their incompetence for your own gain? I'm not sure.
- dagw 8y ago
  But what do you do when you know they are incompetent? Is your superior's superior also incompetent? What about his superior? Does your superior have someone else on his level that isn't incompetent? If you genuinely believe the company is top to bottom incompetent then what are you still doing there? Otherwise identify the competent people and start working that angle, either to get yourself transferred under someone more competent or to move critical decision making power from your superior to someone more competent (perhaps yourself)? Or, if you're that sort of person, find a way to use their incompetence to mask your lack of giving a fuck and just slack and collect a pay check until they fire you.