Through no fault of my own, I've somehow been promoted to a role that's 60% project management. This screenshot is my daily reality now and I feel like I've been trapped by my own success.

[–] Test_Tickles@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"project manager"... the corporate version of the brick breaker game. But with emails instead of a ball and paddle.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Get paid $5000 for a job, hand it off to an engineer claiming that you were only being paid $700 which you'd split 50/50 and then pocket the rest?

[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I can't imagine any scenario where I'd consider project management a promotion.

[–] ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

Same. I worked as a project coordinator for a few months for a sign company (temp job). It was supposed to turn into a real job but then they asked how I felt about project management and I was like… umm… so literally all the stuff I do now because the PMs here don’t do shit, but nobody to handle it for me when it fails? Meh. I’d rather stay as a coordinator without all the people management.

Needless to say they ran out my contract and reneged the offer. I’m not upset, tho it hurt at the time.

[–] fossphi@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

Peter principle?

[–] libre@badatbeing.social 1 points 2 months ago

Same and I know this feeling and it sucks lol

[–] red_bull_of_juarez@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is so real. Just thinking about it makes me uncomfortable.

[–] Stamets@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

RIGHT?!

[–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well - if you get another response requiring action, maybe the first email wasn't thorough enough :P

[–] Stamets@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Have you never met someone who completely lacks the ability to know when to shut the fuck up? Who just keeps things going forever?

Well you have now. Hi.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago

Strange. It's if the person just to responded to another comment, right?

[–] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

That's why you time replies to go out at the end of the day. You press send and get to tick it off your list, but It's not your problem again until tomorrow at the earliest.

[–] wreleven@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

Do we work together?

[–] libre@badatbeing.social 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

When I hate this but I'm also guilty of doing it

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

The religious doctrine of the Church Of Inbox Zero is very clear that this is a zero sum game.

[–] GaMEChld@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Leave unread till ready to process it. It should not matter when the email arrived.

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Only open the email client when ready to process mails. Disable notifications.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago

Hell yea work/life balance

[–] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 6 points 2 months ago

They will soon learn that, due to scheduled send, they will receive their reply at 7:59am the following business day regardless.

Sweaty email tactics have no power here.

[–] DJDarren@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 months ago

Spend two weeks fretting that I keep forgetting to phone my mum. Eventually remember at the right time and call her up.

All is good.

Hang the phone up and realise that all I've done is reset the timer on how long it's been since I remembered to call mum.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Someone else is clearing their todo list, too.

[–] Randelung@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

But you put it on my list, and I don't want it to remain there, either!

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Sorry it's gonna be another two weeks I'm busy. *click*

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago

Oi! How dare you call me out like this,,,

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Yeah people who reply immediately to email are weird. Do they not understand that every mode of communication has a different need of immediacy to reply? If a face to face has the highest followed by phone calls, IM is in the middle and email is right at the bottom together with letters. If I write you an email I expect a response within a few days not a few minutes.

[–] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Just because I reply immediately does not mean I expect a response immediately. If someone emails me when I'm able to immediately respond, I'll sometimes get the response out of the way right then. But email is asynchronous. I don't get mad if I respond immediately but then I don't hear back for quit awhile.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Exactly this.

I think the people I work with regularly eventually figure this out when they see my reply times varying from 3 seconds to two weeks lol

[–] Ibuthyr@lemmy.wtf 1 points 2 months ago

Email is for archival, IM should be banished. It's completely useless, steals your time, steals your focus, it's plain shit. I wish we could go back to emails and phonecalls only. People are way more hesitant to call someone, plus it's super easy to just set a phone to silent.

I often reply immediately to emails because I want to remove it from my mental load.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 2 months ago

Why should I delay my answer because miss princess got her head smoking?
Think about it: There are persons outside of your 4 homeoffice walls.