Stepped into a new role leading a team and it's a mess. We're stretched thin and constantly dealing with fire drills. I've had one person quit and had to let go of another. I've only been in seat a couple months but struggling to "right the ship" given that there's urgent issue after urgent issue. At this point I'm worried about more turnover on the team.

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Sounds like you need to clear the air with leadership on the priorities and say the quiet part out loud....you're wasting time and resources operating like this.

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Also, give them hard numbers. How much time (and dollars, if you can make the leap) have you spent on something that later got scrapped because of lack of alignment? Make it tangible for a few recent cases where the waste is clear. Make it about you and them against the problem, not you pointing fingers at them or complaining....

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Literally every project I’ve seen here is like this.

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I think part of it is culture. I'm working probably 10 hours a day which is similar to companies and projects for the last 8-10 years of my career.

A lot of my culture is in the office for 7 hours then does another 1-2 hours at night. I'm not seeing most of the people working crazy hours or anything. I think it's just the strain of changing priorities and projects with short deadlines.

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