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I'm fortunate enough to have a decent job, but holy shit does the inconsistency with managers irritate me.
Six months ago, I submitted a paper (to be read and approved by a minister). It went through weeks of re-writes, changes, amendments all that jazz.
When it finally got approved, we all (my team) grabbed a copy and have been using the format and wording for other briefs. All with little changes.
I'm preparing another brief now (very similar to my original one) and during review it's getting picked apart by advisors and directors.
Sure I'll change it, but it feels like managers are trying to justify their existence in the wake of upcoming job cuts.
My org isnt much better. I give an opinion on something in my scope, my boss (who hasnt worked in my scope. ever) then goes on a rant about how its not the way to do it. its a bit like "bro, do you SEE the tickets? No? Do you speak to the users? no? then how about you shut the fuck up". I did pit them in a fight against security, so that should be fun to watch. Hopefully I can get a seat in that meeting.
I just spent 30 minutes with a manager (who has never done one of these documents) changing shit to the point it stopped making sense. As it's a shared document, a director just went in there and started peppering in comments regarding flow and context. I am so fucking done for today it's not even funny.