Brad Watts

But listen, whether you bring this up with your company or not, I absolutely think you should continue improving communication on your part because ultimately that's all you can truly control. And even if your company were great at communicating, you'd still need to be great at it yourself. I promise you, there is no workplace out there that is perfect in the communication department.

But listen, whether you bring this up with your company or not, I absolutely think you should continue improving communication on your part because ultimately that's all you can truly control. And even if your company were great at communicating, you'd still need to be great at it yourself. I promise you, there is no workplace out there that is perfect in the communication department.

But listen, whether you bring this up with your company or not, I absolutely think you should continue improving communication on your part because ultimately that's all you can truly control. And even if your company were great at communicating, you'd still need to be great at it yourself. I promise you, there is no workplace out there that is perfect in the communication department.

There's always going to be gaps. There's always going to be quirks. There's always going to be difficult people who create dysfunction that require good communication to address. And you've already done such great work in this department. You're starting to see great results. You can only make things better by learning to speak up more and push for the things that you need. So my take?

There's always going to be gaps. There's always going to be quirks. There's always going to be difficult people who create dysfunction that require good communication to address. And you've already done such great work in this department. You're starting to see great results. You can only make things better by learning to speak up more and push for the things that you need. So my take?

There's always going to be gaps. There's always going to be quirks. There's always going to be difficult people who create dysfunction that require good communication to address. And you've already done such great work in this department. You're starting to see great results. You can only make things better by learning to speak up more and push for the things that you need. So my take?

Treat this challenging company as a gym for your communication skills. Keep building those muscles. Look for the places where you need to seek out work or information. Whether that's fair or unfair, just put that aside. Think of it as an opportunity, maybe even a gift. I promise you cannot go wrong if you think of things that way.

Treat this challenging company as a gym for your communication skills. Keep building those muscles. Look for the places where you need to seek out work or information. Whether that's fair or unfair, just put that aside. Think of it as an opportunity, maybe even a gift. I promise you cannot go wrong if you think of things that way.

Treat this challenging company as a gym for your communication skills. Keep building those muscles. Look for the places where you need to seek out work or information. Whether that's fair or unfair, just put that aside. Think of it as an opportunity, maybe even a gift. I promise you cannot go wrong if you think of things that way.

and it'll also help with the resentment and pettiness that you feel. Right now, it sounds like it feels like this poor communication thing is happening to you, making your job worse, but if you shift your mindset a little, you can think of it as happening for you and forcing you to navigate your job in a new way. I'd be curious to know what changes if you do that.

and it'll also help with the resentment and pettiness that you feel. Right now, it sounds like it feels like this poor communication thing is happening to you, making your job worse, but if you shift your mindset a little, you can think of it as happening for you and forcing you to navigate your job in a new way. I'd be curious to know what changes if you do that.

and it'll also help with the resentment and pettiness that you feel. Right now, it sounds like it feels like this poor communication thing is happening to you, making your job worse, but if you shift your mindset a little, you can think of it as happening for you and forcing you to navigate your job in a new way. I'd be curious to know what changes if you do that.

If you find more progress, you'll feel empowered, you'll feel energized, you might even feel happy to stay. If you don't, you'll know that you did everything you could. You can take these new communication skills into your job search, your relationship building, whatever job you land next when the time is right.

If you find more progress, you'll feel empowered, you'll feel energized, you might even feel happy to stay. If you don't, you'll know that you did everything you could. You can take these new communication skills into your job search, your relationship building, whatever job you land next when the time is right.

If you find more progress, you'll feel empowered, you'll feel energized, you might even feel happy to stay. If you don't, you'll know that you did everything you could. You can take these new communication skills into your job search, your relationship building, whatever job you land next when the time is right.

Yeah, like if you guys aren't going to care about me enough to check on me and give me work, I'm not even going to try. Exactly. It actually, this is funny, it reminds me of this woman that I went to law school with. We all started working at these big law firms, right?

Yeah, like if you guys aren't going to care about me enough to check on me and give me work, I'm not even going to try. Exactly. It actually, this is funny, it reminds me of this woman that I went to law school with. We all started working at these big law firms, right?

Yeah, like if you guys aren't going to care about me enough to check on me and give me work, I'm not even going to try. Exactly. It actually, this is funny, it reminds me of this woman that I went to law school with. We all started working at these big law firms, right?

There's behemoth companies, hundreds or even thousands of people, and they weren't giving her the kind of work that she wanted to get. So she just sat around reading Agatha Christie novels all day for months. I'm talking about the better part of a year. Wow. I remember talking with her over drinks and it was like, wait, so you've been reading murder mystery novels for like eight months.

There's behemoth companies, hundreds or even thousands of people, and they weren't giving her the kind of work that she wanted to get. So she just sat around reading Agatha Christie novels all day for months. I'm talking about the better part of a year. Wow. I remember talking with her over drinks and it was like, wait, so you've been reading murder mystery novels for like eight months.