I was promoted at work but my old position is not going to be filled until July and I’m supposed to continue doing the old work (mainly proofreading) until then. I’ve been encouraged to free up time by lowering standards for the old half of my work, but I’m finding this very difficult due to some combination of conscientiousness and perfectionism. Any advice on how to feel better about doing low-quality work?
This sort of thing has happened to me before, and typically it has come with an unstated, “No, we’re just kidding about accepting lower-quality work for your old job. Suck it up and don’t bother asking for overtime pay.”
I think our culture genuinely does not care about misleading/inaccurate product descriptions, but I do, and I would feel bad about working at a company where there was nobody at all doing my old job.
I’ll begin a job search July 1 if old job is not filled by then (I’m pretty confident it won’t be, despite various promises—this company has never yet followed through on anything anywhere near the promised time) but job-searching sucks and I want to avoid it if I can.
I was promoted at work but my old position is not going to be filled until July and I’m supposed to continue doing the old work (mainly proofreading) until then. I’ve been encouraged to free up time by lowering standards for the old half of my work, but I’m finding this very difficult due to some combination of conscientiousness and perfectionism. Any advice on how to feel better about doing low-quality work?
This sort of thing has happened to me before, and typically it has come with an unstated, “No, we’re just kidding about accepting lower-quality work for your old job. Suck it up and don’t bother asking for overtime pay.”
I hope your managerial culture is different.
I think our culture genuinely does not care about misleading/inaccurate product descriptions, but I do, and I would feel bad about working at a company where there was nobody at all doing my old job.
I’ll begin a job search July 1 if old job is not filled by then (I’m pretty confident it won’t be, despite various promises—this company has never yet followed through on anything anywhere near the promised time) but job-searching sucks and I want to avoid it if I can.