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Work never ends. No matter how much you get done there will always be more. I see a lot of colleagues burn out because they think their extra effort will be not

by makach 7y ago

Work never ends. No matter how much you get done there will always be more. I see a lot of colleagues burn out because they think their extra effort will be noticed. Most managers appriciate it but do not promote their employees.

asimovfan 7y ago
"The state of having tasks to be done is alone declared as the greatest of sorrows. When that exists, how do the two, happiness and absence of sorrow, arise?" Tripurarahasyam (from wiki: The Tripura Rahasya (Devanagari: त्रिपुरा रहस्य, Tripurā Rahasya) meaning The Mystery beyond the Trinity, is an ancient literary work in Sanskrit believed to have been narrated by Dattatreya to Parashurama. It is an ancient prime text which is one of the treatises on Advaita school of classical Indian Metaphysics.)
- TheGallopedHigh 7y ago
  Can you explain this a bit further and how it applies to this context?
  - dvfjsdhgfv 7y ago
    Not the parent, but the fragment in question explains how the so-called mundane pleasures give no permanent satisfaction and that one should instead focus on the true meaning of life, which the text defines as the deepest level of consciousness that is present in the three modes of being (being awake, dream, and deep dreamless sleep).
DarkWiiPlayer 7y ago
This can be taken further: There will always be exactly as much work as you can get done. Work isn't about getting things done, but maintaining a consistent throughput.
enraged_camel 7y ago
I manage a team. The reason I don’t promote or give raises to people who overwork is because I don’t want to encourage behavior that inevitably results in burnout. What I instead do when people overwork is I give them extra paid time off. Stayed in the office for a couple of extra hours yesterday helping a customer? Great, please make sure to take Friday afternoon off. You had to work extra last week to meet a deadline? Apologies, that was my fault for not managing your workload properly and distributing it better (and also not setting a reasonable deadline). Second, again, please take the equivalent amount of time off.
- rjbwork 7y ago
  You sound like a great manager/team lead. I think the obsession with 9-5 and whatever else it takes to get the job done is absurd in today's world.
  - pure-awesome 7y ago
    Maybe I misunderstand your comment, but aren't "9-5" and "doing what it takes to get the job done" contradictory? The one is having fixed working hours and, as in the parent comment, compensating with extra leave if those hours are overstepped. The other is working overtime whenever there is extra work that has to get done.
    - rjbwork 7y ago
      I mean, ALWAYS 9-5, in addition to whatever it takes to get the work done. One or the other can be totally fine but it leaves little room for wiggling with comp time.
      - pure-awesome 7y ago
        Ah! I understand your comment now, by > obsession with 9-5 and whatever else it takes You mean an obsession with "working 9-5 ALONG WITH whatever else it takes", not an obsession with "9-5" and a separate obsession with "whatever it takes".
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by makach 7y ago

asimovfan 7y ago

"The state of having tasks to be done is alone declared as the greatest of sorrows. When that exists, how do the two, happiness and absence of sorrow, arise?" Tripurarahasyam (from wiki: The Tripura Rahasya (Devanagari: त्रिपुरा रहस्य, Tripurā Rahasya) meaning The Mystery beyond the Trinity, is an ancient literary work in Sanskrit believed to have been narrated by Dattatreya to Parashurama. It is an ancient prime text which is one of the treatises on Advaita school of classical Indian Metaphysics.)

TheGallopedHigh 7y ago
Can you explain this a bit further and how it applies to this context?
- dvfjsdhgfv 7y ago
  Not the parent, but the fragment in question explains how the so-called mundane pleasures give no permanent satisfaction and that one should instead focus on the true meaning of life, which the text defines as the deepest level of consciousness that is present in the three modes of being (being awake, dream, and deep dreamless sleep).

DarkWiiPlayer 7y ago

This can be taken further: There will always be exactly as much work as you can get done. Work isn't about getting things done, but maintaining a consistent throughput.

enraged_camel 7y ago

I manage a team. The reason I don’t promote or give raises to people who overwork is because I don’t want to encourage behavior that inevitably results in burnout. What I instead do when people overwork is I give them extra paid time off. Stayed in the office for a couple of extra hours yesterday helping a customer? Great, please make sure to take Friday afternoon off. You had to work extra last week to meet a deadline? Apologies, that was my fault for not managing your workload properly and distributing it better (and also not setting a reasonable deadline). Second, again, please take the equivalent amount of time off.

rjbwork 7y ago
You sound like a great manager/team lead. I think the obsession with 9-5 and whatever else it takes to get the job done is absurd in today's world.
- pure-awesome 7y ago
  Maybe I misunderstand your comment, but aren't "9-5" and "doing what it takes to get the job done" contradictory? The one is having fixed working hours and, as in the parent comment, compensating with extra leave if those hours are overstepped. The other is working overtime whenever there is extra work that has to get done.
  - rjbwork 7y ago
    I mean, ALWAYS 9-5, in addition to whatever it takes to get the work done. One or the other can be totally fine but it leaves little room for wiggling with comp time.
    - pure-awesome 7y ago
      Ah! I understand your comment now, by > obsession with 9-5 and whatever else it takes You mean an obsession with "working 9-5 ALONG WITH whatever else it takes", not an obsession with "9-5" and a separate obsession with "whatever it takes".

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