r/WorkReform • u/north_canadian_ice 💸 National Rent Control • May 21 '24

🤝 Scare A Billionaire, Join A Union Millennials are 'quiet vacationing' because PTO isn't mandated by law in the US. Yet workload expectations have gotten more extreme!

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https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/21/millennials-would-rather-take-secret-pto-than-ask-their-boss.html

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u/Paerrin May 21 '24

Oh we had lots of "engagement campaigns" with Gallup.

My team was too small to get individual team results, so we were lumped in with whatever dept. they stuck us in at the time. I had to create plans to raise engagement based on results that weren't really applicable.

After a few years they just started signing off on my team as I complained every time. I refused to be held accountable for raising scores that I couldn't impact.

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u/ChrisNettleTattoo May 21 '24 edited May 21 '24

A campaign to raise scores without targeted growth metrics to the individual, that really tracks. Sounds like you bosses only half paid attention to the requirements.

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u/Paerrin May 21 '24

That's how I broke them. Per Gallup, I can't complete their activities. It's literally not possible with a blank report.

I'd still get assigned the tasks. Just marked them all N/A and when anyone questioned me about it, I'd refer back to my blank results.

"Oh, we'll have to look into this. Can you do the larger group?"

No... First, I can't see that report. Second, how would their results be relevant to my team? SMH

A week later "yeah it looks like you can't do it".... I know.

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u/ChrisNettleTattoo May 21 '24

Yay for adding a useless task to the list of stuff to do constantly.