PMs / SPMs/ PM Leads - I’m curious what your biggest pain points are right now?

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Lack of staff, unrealistic expectations from PM, having to do 3-4 people’s job :)

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3 months ago: "Rotating to this other team will mean a promotion for you."

1 month ago: Moved to new team.

1 week ago: "Your promotion might be approved sometime this summer."

Last weekend: Job search began

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The oversimplification of what PMs do. Because it’s simple to understand what we do, how difficult to do it is misunderstood. PMs are either mistaken for glorified administrators or are viewed as silver bullets with magical stopping power.

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