Don't be a fake worker

I got a column from Mr. Wu Jun 《 Letter from Silicon Valley 》 See the concept of pseudo work , The feeling is very deep .

Fake workers are those who do some coping work every day , It seems that he is very busy , In fact, what you do is dispensable , It has no effect on the development of the company . This is actually very common , carelessly , I can easily become a fake worker myself , There is no end to the work of the company , Someone has to do it , But give priority to what you do , Don't do anything is fastidious .

Here it is , Let's talk about the important emergency four quadrants that we are very familiar with ：

As long as the company is developing , Our work is endless , There are ten things on the to-do list , We've just finished three things, maybe five more , We need to classify tasks according to the four quadrant rule , Give priority to important and urgent things , Use your main energy to do important non urgent things , Try not to do unimportant things .

So which jobs are pseudo jobs ？ Here are a few examples , Does it look familiar ？

• Those can't give the company much revenue , Can't bring value to customers “ Improve and upgrade ”. such as , Make some ineffective modifications to the product , I'll change it back in a few months , It seems to be working in full swing , In fact, it's all useless work , Wasted the company's resources .
• Many people can work more effectively by learning a new skill or method , But we have to stick to the old methods of the past , Old tools , Even by hand , Even if they know that the new working method can improve their efficiency several times , Don't change .
• Recurring problems , I know it's systematic bug Or it is caused by unreasonable design , Don't modify bug, Upgrade system , But always insist on repairing by hand , To cover up the problem , Not to fundamentally solve the problem .
• Don't pay attention to quality when making products , Don't test carefully , After going online, I have to keep mending , Always spend a lot of time and energy modifying bug And patching ,bug It's changed like wind and fire , Make others feel important , A busy look .
• When leaders assign tasks, they always pick those that are dispensable 、 ordinary 、 Don't be responsible to do , Yes, difficult 、 Avoid tasks that need to be responsible .

Speaking of this , You may want to ask , How can we prevent employees from becoming fake workers ？

I think the most important thing is to clarify two points ：

First , Managers should make employees stand in “ What can you do to benefit the company the most ” Work on the basis of . such , They are in endless work , Can use their brains to find those things that are most helpful to the company to do , Instead of simply dealing with the work assigned by the boss , Then make a job with the boss . In a knowledge-based enterprise , Managers cannot manage employees in every detail , Therefore, employee initiative is very important .

What a person pursues should not be a few percent , Or dozens of percent of the work , It's about what important things you've done . A smart employee , You should be good at finding the most important job , And give priority to completing them —— This is a skill that all new employees lack .

therefore , When we are anxious because we can never finish the work at hand , Why don't you stop first , Sort out the work around you again ： Actively stand in the perspective of helping the company's business the most , From the perspective of improving your ability , Find out the most important things and finish them .

Give it a try , Will our working state change .

secondly , We should understand that active work （ Instead of passively completing the task ）, The biggest beneficiaries are ourselves . There are inevitably employees in the company who are concerned about their situation 、 Attitude of people around 、 The opportunities given, etc , There will be dissatisfaction , This time , It's easy for them to deal negatively with work , Unconsciously become a mindless pseudo worker . Their job skills are growing slowly , Even going backwards , Many people say they have ten years of work experience , In fact, it's just a repetition of one year's experience for ten years .

Their career path will be narrower and narrower , Unconsciously, it was eliminated by the society , Then they start complaining ： Society is so unfair , Why have I worked for so many years , With so many years of work experience , I'm so busy at work every day , Will be eliminated ？

Let time rush away , It won't look back , Negative neglect of work is also a day , Positive work is also a day , Fishing is great , But just for a while , After touching the fish, it is often accompanied by emptiness and self blame , This is my fishing experience for many years , In the long run, the results of active work will be much better .

To choose the important , Difficult work to do , Not to be a fake worker , The biggest beneficiaries are actually ourselves , While finishing the work , Our abilities and skills will be greatly improved , The boss is happy , We are happy ourselves , This is a win-win result , Why not do it ？

We want to continue to grow , Work efficiently , Start by refusing to be a fake worker ！