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Tech jobs and lead positions

Another example that supports my theory how little management actually knows what their workers are doing. A lead position opened up in our department and I was asked to take it, with a small pay raise. I have literally been working 50% of what I might actually be able to do without exhausting myself. Don't get me wrong, I know my stuff, so again work smart not hard. I definitely did not work towards “earning” this position, but I got it probably because I was the only choice, not because I am good at what I do (and to repeat this, I am good at it). They don't know that I am actually good, because I slow down my work, which seems still to be enough. Hard work is not what determines a career, if you work for someone else. Hard work does not pay off, if you work for…


Another example that supports my theory how little management actually knows what their workers are doing. A lead position opened up in our department and I was asked to take it, with a small pay raise. I have literally been working 50% of what I might actually be able to do without exhausting myself. Don't get me wrong, I know my stuff, so again work smart not hard. I definitely did not work towards “earning” this position, but I got it probably because I was the only choice, not because I am good at what I do (and to repeat this, I am good at it). They don't know that I am actually good, because I slow down my work, which seems still to be enough.

Hard work is not what determines a career, if you work for someone else. Hard work does not pay off, if you work for someone else.

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