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minus-squareBoomer Humor DoomergodlinkfedilinkEnglish2•6 months agoYou’d think that. You really would. But there’s so much stuff where I am apparently the only person who can do it that it just piles up.
minus-squareNoxylinkfedilinkEnglish6•6 months agoWhat’s wrong with letting it pile up? Can’t you just put in your hours for the day then go home, pile size be damned?
minus-squareBoomer Humor DoomergodlinkfedilinkEnglish3•6 months agoBecause it keeps piling up, and the pile will be even larger the next day because everyone knows I’m back from vacation
minus-squareNoxylinkfedilinkEnglish4•6 months agoWhat line of work are you in that the work can’t just remain piled up? Doesn’t seem reasonable to worry about, but if you’re a doctor or something then maybe that makes sense
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•6 months agoIf you don’t let the work pile up, then management thinks that your workload is fine
minus-squareBoomer Humor DoomergodlinkfedilinkEnglish1•6 months agoIt is a fine amount of work as long as I don’t let it pile up
You’d think that. You really would. But there’s so much stuff where I am apparently the only person who can do it that it just piles up.
What’s wrong with letting it pile up? Can’t you just put in your hours for the day then go home, pile size be damned?
Because it keeps piling up, and the pile will be even larger the next day because everyone knows I’m back from vacation
What line of work are you in that the work can’t just remain piled up? Doesn’t seem reasonable to worry about, but if you’re a doctor or something then maybe that makes sense
If you don’t let the work pile up, then management thinks that your workload is fine
It is a fine amount of work as long as I don’t let it pile up