I could totally relate to this. Also, being someone who had to resign as the "boss" was unbearable to deal with. Coming to the Deadlines, one observation I have is few Bosses like to say earlier date as deadline than the actual deadline. Now there might be various reasons to do that, but doing this shows that you don't trust your team to tell the truth. You beleive that unless you lie, work is not getting done. If this is the case, then I think this is actually a failure of 'Boss', even though he/she might be able to deliver on time.
I think not telling the right deadline to your team is horrible, it just creates unnecessary pressure. Instead if you can allot buffer time before the deadline that is way better.
I can totally relate with both the scenarios. Have been there, done that! I find myself fortunate that currently I am in a firm where mental health is taken care of. However, this problem is really concerning because even after such a pandemic, people have not changed the behavior towards employees. There are people who are trying to cope up with offices while struggling a lot with mental health. We can definitely create a healthy environment at work for them.
Deadlines are however important but creating realistic deadline is the work of both, the boss and the employee (to whom the work is assigned).
I could totally relate to this. Also, being someone who had to resign as the "boss" was unbearable to deal with. Coming to the Deadlines, one observation I have is few Bosses like to say earlier date as deadline than the actual deadline. Now there might be various reasons to do that, but doing this shows that you don't trust your team to tell the truth. You beleive that unless you lie, work is not getting done. If this is the case, then I think this is actually a failure of 'Boss', even though he/she might be able to deliver on time.
Thank you for writing useful and relatable post.
I think not telling the right deadline to your team is horrible, it just creates unnecessary pressure. Instead if you can allot buffer time before the deadline that is way better.
I can totally relate with both the scenarios. Have been there, done that! I find myself fortunate that currently I am in a firm where mental health is taken care of. However, this problem is really concerning because even after such a pandemic, people have not changed the behavior towards employees. There are people who are trying to cope up with offices while struggling a lot with mental health. We can definitely create a healthy environment at work for them.
Deadlines are however important but creating realistic deadline is the work of both, the boss and the employee (to whom the work is assigned).