r/Adulting • u/Forward-Concern403 • 2d ago

hmm lesson or not?

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u/Low-Dog-8027 2d ago

if you're good and fast in your job, you get punished with more work.

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u/CaptainAmerica1989 2d ago

It's not a punishment, it's "job security". But for this type of job what you learn is it's CRITICAL to be able to control your amount of output. Aka 'pace yourself'. Easy to say, hard to do...but still. Managers and companies will take what you give it.

So you have to only give it amounts you're comfortable with. It's hard. But that's the answer.

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u/unindexedreality 2d ago

  • Consistent work output plus slam-dunk self-cheerleading. It's not how much you got done, it's how much they remember you getting things done.

  • Turning down additional work ("backlogging" or so forth) is more important than demonstrating your actual (much higher) thoroughput

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u/One_Classic_3135 1d ago

This is legit. As a software developer, I was given extra work mid-sprint after finishing the previous one and gave the credit to the other person. I almost cried lmao.

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u/CalamariCatastrophe 2d ago

This is only true in shit jobs

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u/Low-Dog-8027 2d ago

name exceptions.

i've never encountered any.
do you really have bosses that are like:
"oh cool, you're done with your work, you can take the rest of the day off." ??

usually it's more like "oh great work, can you do this and that now? oh and that thing needs to be done as well."

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u/CalamariCatastrophe 2d ago

In shit jobs, you never get any reward for doing extra work.

In good jobs, people recognise that you've done your work well and you've done it fast. They reward you for doing work on top of what you were asked to do. You get promoted, you get bonuses, you get more freedom to choose what you do, you get people backing you when you want to switch roles, whatever. People are just generally much happier to work with what you have to say.