This is a typical big company attitude that can make work miserable. It helps a lot if everybody tries to keep track of the overall situation and tries to impro

This is a typical big company attitude that can make work miserable. It helps a lot if everybody tries to keep track of the overall situation and tries to improve it. That doesn't mean that you're a slave, it just means that you do good work. Obviously don't burn yourself out trying to improve something that the organization resists to improve (unless that is your role). Edit: Parent is talking more about requests of others, I'm more talking about own initiative. That is an important difference. Getting "sidetracked" is much less frustrating if that is what you want to do.