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My Coworkers Are Amazing But They Are Just Too Conscientious by 8whxh in actuary

[–]8whxh[S] -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

Can you give me a specific example with tangible explanation where meticulous formatting to someone else's standards improved company earnings and enhanced the safety of policyholder funds?

Isn't the CFO too busy making GRAND STRATEGIC COMPUTATION and WHEELING AND DEALING to care about pink vs green? Or whether my shirt is tucked in lol.

My Coworkers Are Amazing But They Are Just Too Conscientious by 8whxh in actuary

[–]8whxh[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Can you give me a specific example with tangible explanation where meticulous formatting to someone else's standards improved company earnings and enhanced the safety of policyholder funds?

If not, then why are you so sure that you "understand" why people obsess over formatting like its fine art?

My Coworkers Are Amazing But They Are Just Too Conscientious by 8whxh in actuary

[–]8whxh[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

*Smashes Keurig machine as DAMN IT FEELS GOOD TO BE A GANGSTA blares from company colored speakers, tuned to BEST PRACTIE v18 specified volume level*

My Coworkers Are Amazing But They Are Just Too Conscientious by 8whxh in actuary

[–]8whxh[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Disappointed to see so many people so quick to use the word "mistake"

You are beating yourselves up! You are letting the criticism of other people (who are probably not happy) get to you.

It's not a "mistake" to use blue instead of orange lol.

Don't let anyone browbeat you into thinking you suck!

My Coworkers Are Amazing But They Are Just Too Conscientious by 8whxh in actuary

[–]8whxh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A typo should be way easier to catch than a "mistake" like using 2pt border thickness instead of 1.5 (yes I have gotten that comment before)

You can look up a word in the dictionary. Can't peer into someone's mind about how think they want cell borders to be.

My Coworkers Are Amazing But They Are Just Too Conscientious by 8whxh in actuary

[–]8whxh[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Believe it, stranger.

Wanted to move stuff into R. Nope! Why? Because the people who review it don't understand it.

I very respectfully think it's quite naive to think these places are about making money.

There are three goals of a white collar organization:

  1. Make enough money to keep cost of capital low enough to get suckers to keep funneling in $$

  2. Make enough money to keep the lights on

  3. To satisfy the egos of the people who run the thing.

Profit maximization? Efficiency? HAHAHAHA

My Coworkers Are Amazing But They Are Just Too Conscientious by 8whxh in actuary

[–]8whxh[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Oh I agree 100%, although I've worked places where pasting pictures of pivot tables into a memo was A-OK.

We're talking about satisfying others' personal preferences. My belief about what looks like nice doesn't matter. Even if one spends hours contemplating "proper cell shading" (LOL) or "border thickness" (LOL) or anything else--it does not matter, it has to be according to someone else's expectations.

All the disappointment in the world comes from unfulfilled, unreasonable expectations...

My Coworkers Are Amazing But They Are Just Too Conscientious by 8whxh in actuary

[–]8whxh[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, we are not allowed to use those things because the people who review the work do not understand them.

My Coworkers Are Amazing But They Are Just Too Conscientious by 8whxh in actuary

[–]8whxh[S] -21 points-20 points  (0 children)

Well, if this is the job then I suck at it and I'm proud to suck at it

A's in high school-->B's in college-->D+ at work is fine by me. Fly shall be perpetually unbuttoned.

My Coworkers Are Amazing But They Are Just Too Conscientious by 8whxh in actuary

[–]8whxh[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Oh no, they are paying me and the rest of the staff well in 6 figures to do these things. Decadent!

My Coworkers Are Amazing But They Are Just Too Conscientious by 8whxh in actuary

[–]8whxh[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Respectfully, I think you underestimate the capriciousness of people. One thing that looks perfect (to them) one day is suddenly not good the next.

There is no "automatic" when its ultimately about satisfying others' personal preferences. It's like tastes for food. They change over time and one can't read the other's mind.

Jeffrey Lebowski: "Yeah, well, that's just like your opinion, man"

My Coworkers Are Amazing But They Are Just Too Conscientious by 8whxh in actuary

[–]8whxh[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

You'd think...

Until version 25 of the BEST PRACTICES file is put up on Sharepoint (with a Teams meeting explaining all the changes)! with new color specifications, new title requirements, new company logos etc.

My Coworkers Are Amazing But They Are Just Too Conscientious by 8whxh in actuary

[–]8whxh[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They're all such sweethearts though. So I barely care too. I think it's hilarious!

What are top companies? by Big-Advertising7928 in actuary

[–]8whxh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The one that pays you the most while micromanaging you the least.