I Wish They Would Leave Me Alone So I Can Do My Job

Have you ever wondered why your management did not see a problem beforehand? Are you tired of giving updates to management? Have you ever identified something that needed fixing but your manager did nothing about it?

We are are part of a team which is made up of imperfect people with competing priorities and limited time working in a situation with constantly changing variables.

Every employee wishes they could work on their tasks without being bothered by someone requesting a status update or a fire that needs to be put out but this will never be possible. This is just part of the job.

The trick is to implement process improvements to reduce information gaps and variables, so your day-to-day will have fewer interruptions. We also need to give our coworkers grace.

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