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More than once. And then we're blamed for the resulting inefficiencies because "we gave you an upgrade, why are you using it as an excuse?" I swear most decision-makers don't know anything about the jobs they oversee.
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That sounds so familiar. It’s frustrating when leadership doesn’t see the real impact on day-to-day work.
I've gotten to the point where I just naturally assume an upgrade will only cause problems. I can remember instances where some feature I liked was deprecated, or some new feature came along that made a mess of something. And there's also the scenario like you allude to, where the new software doesn't run well on the same old hardware. I guess people said the same thing when quill pens were replaced by steel nibs. But really, most upgrades just take us sideways, if that.
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Exactly. “Upgrade” often feels like code for losing something useful or breaking what already worked.
I wonder if we work at the same place, because my company literally just updated our system yesterday and not only did the update take like 2 hours, now my computer is glacially slow.
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Feels like these “upgrades” are syncing across companies. Hoping things are better for us next week
I am glad it is not only me. Upgrades feel weird now. I get afraid every time they mention the word. I agree with you, for me to upgrade the current process.
Yeah.. It's so sad, but I get nervous when I think about upgrades. I wish I could change my perspective on that because change is supposed to be good. right?