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In order to DM i need 11 likes. Please help me guys
I am leaving JP Morgan next month and have resigned before completing of my 1 year with the firm but technically my year will be completed next month before notice period. The laptop allowance and the relocation allowances will it be recovered from me during my exit??
Please let me know if anyone is aware of this scenario.. Leaving JP Morgan is completely personal JPMorgan Chase
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I’d think One of two things:
1. they are intimidated by me
2. They want to receive some of the credit for the work I’m doing so they look good infront of seniors or stakeholders
1 is a problem, 2 is easily fixed by stroking their ego and saying the right things infront of the right people.
This seems like such a negative way to come at it. Either they are jealous or want to take credit? Damn
I’m so flabbergasted by the responses here. Depends on the tone, but for me, my first thought is “relief”. I’ve been a high performer the last year and a half but been battling burnout for the last few months and if my manager asked me to take it easy I’d be feeling grateful—like they cared about my mental well-being over my productivity.
Even if your manager doesn't recognise the right thing to do, know that burn out is bad for everyone but especially you, and avoiding that should be your number one priority. No matter how you do it, take a step back and look after yourself, or you might find in a month / year you don't know how to deal with it anymore. If you do find yourself in that position (or anyone else), DM me.
If everyone on my project team is maxing out their bandwidth, but one analyst has enough capacity to perform at an impractically higher bar than everyone else, it's appreciated, but really not necessary in our workflow: the final handoff won't be submitted any sooner; we deliver only at the rate of our weakest link. I wouldn't recommend slowing down - that's just as nonsense, but maybe we can get them staffed on another project if they really want to apply themselves and be visible.
I’m not sure I understand the comment. Is your boss telling you to slow down, as in, don’t hand in your work so quickly because you are making mistakes by rushing? Or is your boss telling you to do not as good a job on your work? Because the latter would be odd in my opinion.
I have told people this - and the ones that don’t heed it burn themselves out. You don’t have to be Superman/Superwoman you just need to be great for 40-45 hours a week. If you’re working 60-70 hours we need to talk about vacations and why. Is it because you’re “listening in” on a call while picking up your kids and then doing “actual” work for an extra hour later or is it because you’re feeling pressure or not enjoying your personal life and are going to end up in a mental health crisis in 3 months.
My immediate thought would be the project is going too fast, and management is concerned they won't be able to bill the full amount
Second thought would be management is noticing you are stressed, and want you to not burn yourself out
Third though would be it's a passive aggressive mark that you're working so fast that you're making sloppy errors
1) you need to slow down and proof your work.
2) he/she doesn't want you to surpass him/her
It’s not performance per se, more so they are working stupid hours and will burn out in a year. Good performance is about efficiency and lasting
This has happened to me at my last two jobs please send help
In my company I see that new grads are always working 40+ hours while the old timers are just coasting along. I guess some of these folks feel threatened by the speed at which the new grads want to go.
Trust me, the old timers started out working 60 hour weeks when they were at your level. You earn your seniority. Also, you may not see 80% of what the “old timers” are doing in their day. Just bc it’s not visible to you, doesn’t mean they’re coasting. Senior people can’t coast. If they did, they’d get let go. Hope this gives you some additional insight! See what you have got to look forward to? 😂
I admittedly did not read through all of the comments but it boils down to the why for me. Like everything in life, sometimes you shouldn't go full speed ahead for various reasons. As weird as it feels to not be as productive as possible at work, productivity is subjective, direction changes, and i can see plenty of good reasons why a manager would ask you to slow down. Good luck!
I had been told the same bc my performance was way above my peers. It bothered my
Peers so much so that they
Complained. So for my boss, it was an issue of not
Making others feel bad about themselves or look bad. It left me feeling not valued, and completely demotivated. Long story short, I left that organization to find a place where my competency was valued. It says a lot about the culture.
Ask for more information and consider how you might be appearing to your peers. It’s not well worded but could be a bulldozer who lacked self awareness about rubbing people the wrong way. Your speed could also be leading to mistakes.
Keep it simple, 1. what is the root reason for slowing down? and what is your desired outcome of me slowing down?
Are there errors or sloppiness in your work that could have been prevented? Is there an opportunity for you to be more detailed if you slowed down?
I would be ecstatic
I heard that from my boss when I first started. I’m in a sales role and my bonus maxes at 110% of quota. At the time I didn’t “get it”……now I do. Consider it a favor from someone who has most likely gained a lot of wisdom over the years..
Ask if they can clarify what they mean by slow down and what exactly you need to slow down on... could be coming from a place of care/comcern for mental health OR its possible they're noticing a decline in your quality of work or undesirable tone when you are moving too quickly. Or could be something else entirely. Ask for clarification.
I would slow down.
My client recently told me to "be a little more lazy" and take it easy.
I was planning a couple quarters ahead for projects scheduled for the next fiscal year, after getting ahead in all my current work and projects.
The real message was just, a busy summer is already planned, everyone has a lot going on, and the FTEs there like to take it slower, so my planning wasn't going to accomplish much other than added stress for some team members.
I was already getting a full week's worth of work expectations from my client completed in about 15 hours, so being told to further slow down was like finding a $50 in the pocket of your jeans right after finding $100 in your coat pocket.
I'm very happy right now 😅
“Pay me more and i might”
Depends on context. If it’s like “woah buddy, no need to kill your self and work 18 hour days”, then cool.
But if it’s “your making me look bad”…
Speed up. I can’t compete with my ADHD. Either I put it to good use, or completely procrastinate. Go ahead and put it in my review that I work too hard. Or even better, put in that u don’t follow direction, because my official comment would be that I was told to work less hard: