ZedLeg wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 3:07 pm
I found that it was easier to manage that stuff as I moved up as I have more autonomy.
Yeah that's true...
But in the past couple of years I've had two very positive experiences where they "put their money where their mouth is"
1. People left the company (employees and contractors) so I inherited several inflight projects. After 6 or 8 weeks, I sat down with my line manager, we talked through the workload, agreed it was excessive so they took a contract PM on a year long contract and I handed off some responsibility
2. My Partner had some struggles during COVID and there was a specific 2 week period where she needed particular care and attention. Despite this being during the busy period above, I was given 3 weeks leave to take care of things and was offered more if needed.
I guess I'm just one of the lucky ones with a great corporate culture and great managers. My managers have been exclusively Women for the past 15 years or so and I think that has a massive impact. (But that's a whole other debate). I much prefer working for Women