I joined a new org a few months ago, from my observation folks who struggle at their job are the ones who form a group of similar people and indulge in gossip, they are always scheming and always on extra alert mode if anyone is listening to their conversation. All this seems to be childish while observing from a distance. I think if you are unhappy with your job you should prepare and switch. I'm curious if other people have had similar observations
Can’t escape politics if u want an edge in an environment involving people. Something as simple as prioritizing A’s task over B even though B’s task was more urgent can be viewed as political. Basically after a point u cannot thrive based on just skills so we cannot make this generalization but probability is higher of what u mention
Office Politics is the death of any great company. The only way you avoid that is by having a culture which incentivises collective good over individual brilliance.
Unfortunately, if you do that then smart people with spikes will go elsewhere because they cannot utilise their max potential.
So, it's a hard balance to strike.
So true
Truee
Tell us how and when you realised that you need to move away from the people around you for your betterment.
There's a saying, "You're the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with." This unknowingly shaped us for periods.
Lol never. Once you become a part of the circle, you cannot escape it. You have to deal with it. You can try to spend...
Don't focus. The tech ladder is better elsewhere and switching every 2 years is an optimal strategy.
Here’s my story in the field of software engineering: There’s this colleague of mine who is on a pure tech role but hardly codes. The person spends his entire time on LinkedIn sharing new age tech stuff and projects himself to the world ...
