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It's bad for the employee, by making them less uniquely valuable.

by lupire 4y ago

mooreds 4y ago
Haha, can't tell if you are being sarcastic or not. Here are my general thoughts on that: https://letterstoanewdeveloper.com/2021/09/13/always-be-replacing-yourself/ https://letterstoanewdeveloper.com/2021/09/13/always-be-repl... tl;dr "...you should always be looking at ways to replace yourself. This will free you up to work on new tasks and learn new things."
- matwood 4y ago
  Also, frees someone up to be promoted.
- csours 4y ago
  Damn. This just hit home for me really hard. On a previous team, I would take on tasks, learn what's going on, and then try to get a team mate up to speed so I wouldn't be the only one who knew how to run things. I feel like none of my team mates really took on those tasks or aspects of the work. Over time this made me really angry at the team. It really shut down my brain because I had so many things to juggle. I really wish I could have replaced myself. I wound up just leaving the team, I think they struggled for a while. When you're on a team with someone who seems to know everything, some people are much less motivated to learn the system. Also, sometimes things just suck. Sometimes you just have a team of jaded short-timers about to leave. Sometimes you have a team of junior employees who can "make things work" but leave a trail of half baked decisions.
- lmkg 4y ago
  "Don't be indispensable. If you're indispensable, you can't be promoted." -Flavor text from Netrunner CCG (1996)
  - __MatrixMan__ 4y ago
    If you're at that spot where being promoted means that your life will get worse, it's ok to be indispensable.
ghaff 4y ago
There are certainly employees who think that they're so uniquely valuable that it would be unthinkable for them to take a 3-4 week vacation. Their employer, for the most part, does not suffer from the same delusion.

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It's bad for the employee, by making them less uniquely valuable.

by lupire 4y ago

It's bad for the employee, by making them less uniquely valuable.

mooreds 4y ago
Haha, can't tell if you are being sarcastic or not. Here are my general thoughts on that: https://letterstoanewdeveloper.com/2021/09/13/always-be-replacing-yourself/ https://letterstoanewdeveloper.com/2021/09/13/always-be-repl... tl;dr "...you should always be looking at ways to replace yourself. This will free you up to work on new tasks and learn new things."
- matwood 4y ago
  Also, frees someone up to be promoted.
- csours 4y ago
  Damn. This just hit home for me really hard. On a previous team, I would take on tasks, learn what's going on, and then try to get a team mate up to speed so I wouldn't be the only one who knew how to run things. I feel like none of my team mates really took on those tasks or aspects of the work. Over time this made me really angry at the team. It really shut down my brain because I had so many things to juggle. I really wish I could have replaced myself. I wound up just leaving the team, I think they struggled for a while. When you're on a team with someone who seems to know everything, some people are much less motivated to learn the system. Also, sometimes things just suck. Sometimes you just have a team of jaded short-timers about to leave. Sometimes you have a team of junior employees who can "make things work" but leave a trail of half baked decisions.
- lmkg 4y ago
  "Don't be indispensable. If you're indispensable, you can't be promoted." -Flavor text from Netrunner CCG (1996)
  - __MatrixMan__ 4y ago
    If you're at that spot where being promoted means that your life will get worse, it's ok to be indispensable.
ghaff 4y ago
There are certainly employees who think that they're so uniquely valuable that it would be unthinkable for them to take a 3-4 week vacation. Their employer, for the most part, does not suffer from the same delusion.