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> Talked to my boss on Skype once a week to discuss progress. The rest was up to me. Most of communication was done via ticket comments. Wait, is this common?
by anon9001 7y ago
> Talked to my boss on Skype once a week to discuss progress. The rest was up to me. Most of communication was done via ticket comments.
Wait, is this common? I'm constantly answering questions and helping my team along as people get stuck all day. If I had the kind of an arrangement you're describing, I'd just get all my work done for the week in a day, and I wouldn't have a problem. Was there anything preventing you from doing that?
Maybe I'm doing remote wrong? I can choose "where" as long as it's quiet and has good internet, but I can't choose the "when" at all.
- swozey 7y agoSounds like you might be more of a lynchpin to the team than the other commenter (which isn't a negative to them). You could try being less available, say no more often, etc. But some people just can't get away from it.
- fuzz4lyfe 7y agoHere's a forbes article[0] about this phenomenon. Top performers get rewarded with more work in organizations generally speaking. The next job I have I am going to attempt to appear less competent as I have found that getting a 5% raise rather than 3% isn't really worth all the extra hours and weekends. [0]https://www.forbes.com/sites/lizryan/2018/01/25/the-curse-of-competence-why-top-performers-quit-their-jobs/#5fa42c8732fe https://www.forbes.com/sites/lizryan/2018/01/25/the-curse-of...
- p1esk 7y agoI have a phd in deep learning, so I do R&D type of work, where I mostly read papers, build models, run experiments, and occasionally write emails to others who work on similar problems. I actually didn't like to be so disconnected from the group. I like face to face brainstorming sessions, and I couldn't really have that there.