Hey guys! I’m new here. Hope my post is relevant. Also, sorry if my English is bad, I’m not a native speaker.
My employers would always tell me I’m unproductive and compare me with my colleagues. I would check on my colleagues only to discover they work overtime, which I didn’t want for myself. I would still be called lazy by my employers and often reprimanded during staff meetings. So I wondered if it’s really laziness or something completely different.
I guess it’s a productivity cult. But how on earth do you keep your relationship with your employer positive then? I try to be as polite as possible and do my job, however my boss (especially previous one) required instant result (I work as a sales manager and it takes me a while to establish some sort of connection with a customer instead of bluntly pushing them to buy stuff). Not giving an instant result would lead to having to work overtime.
I might have gotten carried away a little. My question is whether I’m really lazy or it’s some sort neo-slavery I don’t get. And if it is, how can you keep your job and still have your life to yourself?
Thank you.