How to Navigate a Difficult Boss and Prioritize Your Mental Health Dealing with a challenging boss can take a toll on your mental wellbeing. Here are a few strategies to help you cope:  1. Open Com...

How to Navigate a Difficult Boss and Prioritize Your Mental Health
Dealing with a challenging boss can take a toll on your mental well-being. Here are a few strategies to help you cope:
 1. Open Communication: Talk to your boss about your concerns in a respectful manner.
 2. Set Boundaries: Establish clear boundaries to protect your time and energy.
 3. Seek Support: Reach out to colleagues, mentors, or a mental health professional.
 4. Self-Care: Prioritize activities that help you relax and recharge.
Remember, your mental health is important. Taking steps to manage stress can improve your overall well-being.

Last but not the least, keep giving interviews annually to keep yourself aware of latest hiring trends and challenges that you need to overcome, if any. Don't get comfortable in one environment, situations may change real quick.

Mental wellbeing and Work life balance

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Mental wellbeing and Work life balance- Grapevine

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1. SET Clear Goals: Understand what you want from your career and set clear, achievable goals. This could be a specific role you want to attain, a skill you want to learn, or a project you want to lead.

2. Continuous Learning: Always be open to learning new skills and improving existing ones. This could be through formal education, online courses, workshops, or self-study.

3. Networking: Build strong relationships with colleagues, managers, and other professionals in your industry. They can provide valuable advice, opportunities, and support.

4. Seek Feedback: Regularly ask for feedback on your performance. This can help you identify areas for improvement and demonstrate your commitment to personal growth.

5. Take Initiative: Show your willingness to take on new responsibilities and challenges. This can demonstrate your commitment and potential to the company.

6. Positive Attitude: Maintain a positive and professional attitude. This can help you navigate challenges and make a good impression on others

7. Work-Lif Balance: While it's important to be dedicated and hardworking, it's also crucial to maintain a healthy work-life balance. This can help prevent burnout and keep you motivated.

8. Mentorship: If possible, find a mentor within your company who can provide guidance and support as you navigate your career path.

Remember, career progression often takes time and patience, so don't be discouraged if you don't see immediate results. Keep working towards your goals and stay open to new opportunities.

Tips for career progression and advancement within a company

Data Scientist

Welcome to Product Managers's Private Community

I have recently joined a startup as an APM (My first PM role) and my manager is teaching me the bits and pieces of Product Management. The issue is, while he's helpful and experienced in this field, he sometimes talks to me in a very condescending way which kinda hurts me. I agree that I have a lot to learn and getting a job as an APM is a big thing, especially when you've been in a specialist role for all your life but I still don't get the point of patronizing your juniors. I'm trying to get better at writing documentation and specs but I get very disheartened after every spec review meeting I schedule with him.

Any tips for handling this? And what are some ways to get better at writing documentation and specs?

How to deal with a condescending manager?

Associate Product Manager

Welcome to Office Gossip's Private Community

Recently i am facing some personal issue and it is difficult for me to focus on the work in the office. How do you guys handle this? Do you have any tips

Handling work without the personal issues interfering

Software Engineer

I’m a product analyst with 2.5 YOE making 13.5LPA at startup.

I have been offered 18 + 2 LPA at a conglomerate for product analyst role.

Pros:
1. New Tools to work with
2. Hybrid Model
3. Good WLB
4. No Volatility 

Cons
1. Product Analyst Role again (I wanted to get into senior level roles)

Do you think I should wait it out and play the long game? or take the offer and chill.

They were layoffs at my current firm and they are acting very stringent about timings, travelling in Bangalore traffic is a big dealbreaker in itself, but there’s an appraisal cycle coming (with no hopes of a solid appraisal but I might get promoted and I also like the work and team at current firm)

Product Analyst for 18LPA

Analyst

Lately i have been struggling to cope up with my work and family . It’s been very difficult at my work lately. Also my personal life is a roller coaster mentally! I feel difficult to cope up. People at my work are sarcastic about my performance even though i am fulfilling all my basic tasks. I sleep very late thinking about all these things especially my personal struggles! How are you guys coping up?

How you guys are taking care of your Mental Health?

Desires and expectations hata do life se… 
 It takes very less to be happy…. 
 Itna kamao ki apni jaruratein puri ho jaye bas….aur job ko bhi utna hi time do bas 
  
 Rest time should go in pursuing hobbies and friends/family time…. 
  
 Paisa jitna bhi kama lo, hamesha kam hi lagega… 
 Isliye time nikalo apni hobbies/friends and family ke liye

Data engineer

Software Developer

Welcome to Data Scientists's Private Community

I'm working at a decently large firm here in Bangalore, leading a cool project that involves stuff I really like, like modeling and data engineering. Plus, I'm helping leadership team with some cool projects which is giving me a lot of visibility in the org. Lately I'm finding it hard to stay motivated.

I'm on medication and seeing a therapist for depression, and I’ve been feeling a lot better overall. It's just that with all these responsibilities I'm not feeling happy. I sometimes vent out on juniors or colleagues (erratic behaviour).  

Has anyone else gone through something like this? What helped you get past this kind of mental block? Any tips or advice would be really helpful.

Mental Health Challenge @work

1. Set boundaries: Establish a clear separation between work and personal life.
2. Prioritize tasks: Focus on essential tasks, and delegate or defer less important ones.
3. Take breaks: Regularly take short breaks and practice self-care activities.
4. Learn to say no: Be mindful of your workload and avoid taking on too much.
5. Stay organized: Use tools and systems to manage your workload and reduce stress.
6. Communicate with your team: Openly discuss your workload and needs with your colleagues and manager.
7. Take time off: Use your vacation days or sick leave to recharge.
8. Seek support: Reach out to a mentor, HR, or a mental health professional if needed.
9. Disconnect from technology: Avoid checking work emails or messages outside of work hours.
10. Practice self-care: Engage in activities that bring you joy and help you maintain a healthy work-life balance.

Remember, burnout is a signal that something needs to change. By prioritizing your well-being and setting boundaries, you can prevent burnout and maintain a healthy relationship with your work.

How to prevent work burnout: few useful tips

Welcome to Mental Well-being's Private Community

Hi all ,

I feel zoned out during office hours.Then I have to sacrifice my weekend to complete the remaining work as there will be status meeting in the next week.Im completely lost since last one month. Currently I'm working in autosar(application layer), but I feel like switching my career into full stack development.I find no balance in work neither in learning.My social circle is messed up , I hardly interact with people around me.

Mental instability at work

Is mental health a big problem for all you other PMs ?
Sometimes days, weeks and months are so difficult in aligning , solving and scoping that you have a breakdown .
The constant need to always be on top is exhausting and take a toll.
How do guys handle this ?

Mental Health

Product Manager

In general my mind works decently well, but in interviews I'm having a mind block and not able to think through. I start getting tensed the moment I feel I gave the wrong answer and screw up the remaining interview. Any suggestions on how I can improve?

How do you have peace of mind in interviews?

Currently an intern for a XYZ company, pretty good, compensation is pretty good, I'm an SDE intern, the team which im in is platform engineering, should I switch the role which has something more based on the heavy coding side?

I don't see myself beyond 5 years here, would this team matter when it comes while making a switch?

Advice needed for intern role

Just move to Pune for small IT firm which had 50 employees for PM profile. Work life balance is tossed out. Working for 13-14 hours (as Management, team and Customer all three are available at different hours) & it's 20 days since I join. How should I move ahead? And what approach o should have for new job hunt?

Work-life balance tossed out

Software engineering is a super competitive environment. People gaslight you every now and then. Every second person would be jealous of your growth. I’m having a hard time keeping myself calm because of all the subtle workplace bullying. 

What do I do to preserve my mental health?

Socialising at job as an adult

Please tell me if there is any survival kit to survive the layoff. I am a Product Manager and have been laid off yesterday. Since then I have been panicking and feeling anxiety all the time. I am trying to be calm and handle this with all my patience but I am failing into this. I feel lost, confused, and shattered. Even breathing feels like a task right now. I can sense my heart rate going fast. 

Is it normal to feel this way?

Survival Kit After Layoff

1. Visit crematorium one day and you will realise all this is bullshit 
  
 2. Spend some time going to slum area and you will understand people can be happy in 10k earning also 
  
 3. Visit stores operated by handicapped and you will understand how much lucky you are

Welcome to Software Engineers's Private Community

Recently i had changed my job, previously WFH now new job WFO. I constantly feel that i may loose my job and i had to take some medicine for this as well. Doctor told me i was having pessimistic thinking and was depressed. I am the sole earning memeber of my home, 23 father dead, mother remains ill. Sister small in college.

I am in constant fear and this thing is eating me alive.

I am in constant fear.

So, my boss is an absolutely lovely person, and is the best boss I've had so far. Not to brag, but I'm also the best performer in my team, by a mile. So, while I do get my pats on the back, I'm also rewarded with more and more work. I love, atleast so far, what I do, so I didn't mind taking up more work, because I learnt a lot in the process too, and it helped my hone my craft better.

Cut to now, I'm losing interest in work. Don't feel like taking up any new work, no matter how exciting the brief, or how great its potential.

I feel like I'm burnt out. And majorly demotivated.

What makes it worse is seeing this other member in my team chill the absolute fk out. He's hardly even given any important projects because of what a waste resource he is.

I've also just been promoted. So, I'm not sure if I should share what's on my mind with my boss.

My mind says I shouldn't, but my heart says it should be fine.

What should I do about:
1. Telling or not telling my boss what I'm going through (because I'm scared if it'll come back to bite my later)
2. Me feeling extremely burnt out and demotivated.

Drop in a joke or two, if you want, but please drop in a serious and genuine reply too.

Should I tell me boss I'm burnt out?

No, please dont in my opinion. Are you not taking leave’s? Please take leaves. 
  
 It might be contradictory on what i said but when it comes to bosses, it better not to talk about burning out and demotivated etc. 
  
 If you still want to do, sound as positive as you can be.  
 Boss sab ka bharosa nahi yaar.

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