If Management Sucks, Does Your Work Still Matter

If management sucks, does your work still matter? This is not your ordinary career site. I help the corporate worker who toils away in the company cubicle make career transitions. You want to do your job well, following all the rules -- . The career transitions where I can help you center on three critical career areas: How to land a job, succeed in a job, and build employment security. Top 10 Posts on Categories A long time ago, I had a manager who was a bit ahead of his time. Faced with what seemed insurmountable management issues and the threat of the company being bought out, it seemed as though what we needed to do today didn’t make much of a difference. Discouragement is an easy course to take in the face of management that sucks. The layoffs, rumors or strategies that plainly are not working requires tremendous discipline of a person to stay focused and continue to do the good job. But, is doing the good job worth it despite all of the uncontrollable obstacles of bad management in a bad situation? My manager’s answer a long time ago was, “yes, it matters.” Here’s why: new hiring managers hire people who accomplish stuff on the job. They want people who can get things done despite the obstacles. Despite the setbacks. Regardless of the circumstances. His point to me was he wasn’t worried about his job because in his portfolio he had plenty of accomplishments â€" including quite a few when times were tough. So your work matters. Perhaps not enough to save poor management from ruin or even change the attitude of a poor manager you work for right now. But your accomplishments do matter for your ability to get hired for a new gig at a new place with a new manager. Plus, working to accomplishment despite the hardship shows grit and determination in the face of poor odds. Staying focused when management sucks or the rumors fly or the layoffs happen requires tremendous discipline. Not easy. But worth the effort. My old manager is now the CEO of Motorola. Seems that “continuing to build accomplishments thing” worked out for him just fine. Management is the worst thing in any one’s career. If the management is good everything   is fine but if the management is not good it makes the life hell….. Thanks Reply This is not your ordinary career site. I help the corporate worker who toils away in the company cubicle make career transitions. You want to do your job well, following all the rules â€" . The career transitions where I can help you center on three critical career areas: How to land a job, succeed in a job, and build employment security. policies The content on this website is my opinion and will probably not reflect the views of my various employers. Apple, the Apple logo, iPad, Apple Watch and iPhone are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. I’m a big fan.