frustration abounds....

[sarahkaz]

i didn't exactly come here for the job, this is common knowledge. however, since it's a good chunk of my day i'd like it to be worth my time. these days i've been completely frustrated with the ridiculousness of it all

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[pickity]

Happens all the time from what I hear. Jenna was hired as a "senior art director" and yet no one listens to what she says. They want to do it the "old way" rather than what she says is the "right way." They disregard her input. Why are companies hiring and then paying people to come in and help them only to prevent them from doing just that?

I guess I'm lucky. My group completely trusts my decisions and for the most part, lets me do what I think is right for the product. I don't think that's normal though...

[gadb]

I get that same feeling every once in a while and I see it in other people's jobs from the stories they tell. Usually it takes a certain motivated manager to understand what your ideas mean to you, them and the company in order to let you move forward with your projects.

I have one friend who told me that his company wouldn't let him take a course on VBA. He worked in finance constantly updating excel sheets and showed them how they are wasting a lot of effort updating the sheet in manual cut-and-paste work. The managers realized that the end result would make the company more money and leave them out a job. None of them had a college education and they denied his request. He moved on from that position, but the company lives on.

[sarahkaz]

i think the education factor is huge in my case. i'm one of the only positions that requires a degree. we also have alot of people who believe in playing keepaway with info b/c they think it saves their job, and especially with myself and upper mgmt b/c they think i'm trying to take their job.
the funny thing is that i believe the company is completely top-heavy more than the other way around. if we weren't who we are, we'd have been out of business long ago with the culture still in 70s thinking.