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That's why you always give 80% at work - so when shit hits the fan you can do 120%, impressing everyone while keeping a chill level of tasks for day to day stuff
Fresh college grads hate this advice but it's really key to managing a long term career.
Which shows management that they can throw anything at you ..... so they start throwing everything at you.
Then you start saying you can't complete things, ask them which one is the priority. And actually not do everything.
I learned a long time ago to do your job and do it competently ... if you are in good work environment, you'll be rewarded for your efforts ... if you are in a bad environment, you'll be taken advantage of ... if you are in a terrible environment, you'll literally be abused emotionally/financially/physically
If you end up in good environment, then keep doing what you are doing
If you end up in a bad environment, keep doing your job but start looking for an exit strategy and look for other options to eventually leave the current place you are working.
If you are in a terrible environment ... leave immediately even if it means you lose everything (don't worry about it because if you had stayed, you would have lost everything anyway)
If you have chances of reward then yes. But current situation seems to be really bad. They don't really value the workers as much as they used to. And you can't easily leave your current job even when it's bad. Having most of the population in debt (car+home+college) has removed most of the freedom of the workforce from choosing to work somewhere else.
Because in my opinion only when you can chose to not work and stay at home for a few months to look for other jobs, that you have a freedom of choice. Otherwise you have to just jump into whatever job you can find because you can get faster.
I'm middle aged now and I never lived in or near a big city ... always lived in small towns close to wilderness areas where I am most comfortable. I worked mostly as a labourer all my life ... seldom for a company and mostly in all that time for myself mainly. ... and I also have to admit during a time period where work and money was more available and within ones reach. Work was more plentiful and housing was more affordable.
It meant I had freedom of movement and freedom of time ... but it never meant freedom with money. I live within my means and I live very low key and I also don't have children so I only support myself and my wife. So we live in a modest house I bought for little and fix myself and own cars and trucks that are all used.
I can't imagine what it would be like to live in or near a city in this day in age ... I would probably not survive and just end up being one of those guys that know how to build a shelter in a dumpster and find food scraps from warehouses and restaurants.
A good Management knows that they can't demand 150% regularly though since that will wear workers out
Most management systems focus on short term horizons because arbitrary calendar sections allow them to pretend the past work is no longer a factor in the current work.
Good managers are a rarity though.
The Montgomery Scott model of productivity.
Nah when shit hits the fan you do 81% never show your full potential until you reach the highest pay grade in the company. And the reality is you will never reach that pay grade, you will more likely switch jobs and go back to 80% input and cash bigger checks.
Worked well for me so far - 5 consecutive years with a >10% raise...