Conversation about Managing Load
Conversation about Managing Load
A lot of people struggle with saying NO and often feel too shy about having a conversation to manage load.
When you're a software engineer, sometimes you end up with too much on your plate. This is not healthy and can lead to burn-out.
Who you should talk to ?
Your manager is your best friend and can help you get out of this. But you don’t want to come up as someone who earlier committed to some goal and now not able to meet it.
Here's how to talk to your manager about cutting down on your workload without stressing yourself out:
Check Your Tasks
Look at what you're doing right now. Are there things you're doing that are making you feel overwhelmed? Maybe you're working on a bunch of different features at once, and it's starting to feel like too much.
Find Ways to Cut Back
Think about where you can lighten your load without messing up the project. Can you focus on just the most important parts of what you're doing? For example, if you're adding new stuff to a program, maybe you can skip some extra features for now and just get the main stuff done.
Give Examples
Show your manager specific times when you've struggled because you had too much to do. Maybe you had to rush through something and it didn't turn out as good as you wanted. Showing real examples helps your manager understand why you need to ease up.
Offer Solutions
Tell your manager how cutting back on work will help. You can say it'll give you more time to focus on the important stuff and make sure things turn out better. And be ready with ideas for how to make it work, like getting help from other team members or pushing back deadlines a bit.
Suggest Ideas
Share any ideas you have for how to make things better. Maybe you think a different approach could help, or you have some ideas for how to rearrange things to make them easier. Your manager might have good ideas too, so it's worth talking it out.
Be Open
Stay open to what your manager says. They might have some good ideas you hadn't thought of, and they'll appreciate that you're trying to work together to solve the problem. Together, you can figure out a plan that works for everyone.
Remember, talking to your manager is important. If you're feeling overwhelmed, it's better to speak up than to keep struggling in silence.
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Great call on this, Hemant. I like this quote:
> Tell your manager how cutting back on work will help.
Frame it in their interests. Makes a huge difference.
Thank you so much for the article mention!