How to regain your sense of empowerment from the never-ending assembly line known as Jira? It’s not so much the work itself or the amount, but the mental load to decipher each and every task in isolation. Most days I feel like a factory worker with no human connection.

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It’s the lack of context, and receiving projects thrown over the fence without looking. 🤷‍♂️

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My favorite term, throwing it over the fence! It’s not limited to Jira, it’s a universal issue regardless of the vehicle it travels in, because it starts with a human. It’s amazing to me how many people have awful communication skills, and that these same people advance in roles that good or lacking communication impacts 90% of what they do.

Pro-tip - talk to the leads about changing the task structure and/or workflow

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Are you in-house?

Wow. I’ve never heard of that process at an agency. Sounds toxic.

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