More on the Work Ethic

[ailbhe]

So it seems that other people think I'm not lazy.

My friend says that I care too much about the job - whatever the job may be. That I need to learn not to care. I think she's right; I do care about getting a good job done, and I get frustrated when other people make that impossible, especially if I end up getting blamed for other people's mistakes or neglect.

So, how does one stop caring?

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Response part 1

[ailbhe]

We have started logging failures and the causes of failures. The stats we've got so far are, to me at least, pretty self-explanatory. "See this manager's team? there's the problem, right there. And the worst part of that team is this part, here."

I explain. 6 teams, of which I deal with 3 and two of my coworkers deal with 3 (haha, that's another issue).

Of those six, 2 of mine stand out. A has the fewest problems; they used to sit near me and grew to fear me and now do what they are told all the time and besides, their team leader is highly competent. B has the most problems; they are in an office 90 minutes' train travel away and never answer their email or phones.

One member of team B was responsible of 25% of all failures, counting all failures in all six teams, in August.

Oops. His manager is largely responsible, as far as I'm concerned, because what is a manager's job? To manage. And a team leader should lead.