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I’m with you 100%.

You should want to have a good workplace. After all it goes both ways: it will also improve the work you provide.

If that isn’t the case rn, you can either try to improve the situation, or, if that proves impossible, change workplaces.

I’m currently in a similar situation; I had a relatively good workplace for many years, but the new one proves challenging. I’m currently in the trying to improve phase; it’s an uphill struggle.

But also trying to improve myself; the current job shows me my own limitations.

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vestmoria@linux.community ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

the current job shows me my own limitations, which are more with my colleagues than with the job itself.

but ain’t this not one of your limitations, but theirs? This sentence makes it look like your coworkers slow you down.

could you write what your limitations with your coworkers look like? This is to me a very abstract concept.

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- A_norny_mousse@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
  
  but ain’t this not one of your limitations, but theirs? This sentence makes it look like your coworkers slow you down.
  
  That’s not what I meant.
  
  First of all I consider myself a self-reflecting being (a good thing) and sometimes a little too self-critical (not so good).
  
  I think I’m fairly good at my job per se but it’s that meta aspect of dealing with colleagues and (lack of) structure I’m not so good at. Maybe I’m socially awkward, maybe I lack diplomacy, maybe I’m too opinionated. I’m trying to improve there: stop overreacting, think of more constructive ways to communicate etc. Not that I want to stop being opinionated though.
  
  Also I’m not really career-oriented, there’s no “slowing me down”.
  
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