Politics
By Founding Ranter · · Left and Right
I am sick and tired of both sides. The rhetoric, the back and forth blaming, and the average person gets burned. Common sense is gone.
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The actual meeting is for updating people who didn't read the pre-read. The pre-meeting is for people who won't prepare for the actual meeting. Nobody questions this.
Prompt: What would actually fix this?
We worked nights for three weeks to hit the date. The launch was quiet. Leadership posted about "great execution" on LinkedIn. None of us were mentioned.
Prompt: What is the worst version you have seen?
Sign up: two clicks. Cancel: buried settings menu, confirmation screen, retention offer, another confirmation, and a follow-up email asking if I'm sure. I was sure before I started.
I was hired as an analyst. I now run three cross-functional projects, sit in on legal reviews, and manage a vendor relationship. The title is still analyst. The pay reflects the title.
I wear noise-cancelling headphones eight hours a day just to think. When someone actually needs to collaborate, they send a Slack message anyway.
Prompt: What is the worst version you have seen?
The loudest summary wins. Quiet, high-impact work disappears unless someone influential repeats it. I spent a quarter fixing a critical system. Someone spent it writing a memo about fixing it.
I found out I had a new manager when a calendar invite arrived from someone I'd never spoken to. My previous manager didn't mention it. The announcement came a week later.
We flagged the problem. We were told it was more complex than we understood. An external firm spent eight weeks producing a report. It said what we said. They thanked the firm.
I was hired as an analyst. I now run three cross-functional projects, sit in on legal reviews, and manage a vendor relationship. The title is still analyst. The pay reflects the title.
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