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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 814305" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>One of the biggest challenges faced by any long-term UPS'er is in drawing healthy boundaries.</p><p> </p><p>There is nothing wrong with wanting to be a hard working, productive employee. The problem starts when you cross the line from being a hard worker (which is good) to enabling an unhealthy or unsafe situation to continue (which is not good).</p><p> </p><p>Sometimes our own egos are to blame because we are unwilling to ask for or demand help when needed. Other times, the expectations that UPS places upon us in a particular situation are simply not realistic.</p><p> </p><p>So with the best of intentions, we give 150% and find a way to accomplish the impossible...only to discover that the impossible gradually becomes the <em>norm</em>. In the eyes of the company we did it once, so we should be able to do it again. And again, and again, and again.</p><p> </p><p>There comes a point where the only way to make the company correct an impossible situation is by allowing it to fail. Once the consequences of that failure become too painful to ignore, those responsible will be forced to make the necessary changes. Until then, it will continue to be business as usual.</p><p> </p><p>The line between "good employee" and "enabler" is a very faint and fuzzy one that can be almost impossible to avoid crossing from time to time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 814305, member: 14668"] One of the biggest challenges faced by any long-term UPS'er is in drawing healthy boundaries. There is nothing wrong with wanting to be a hard working, productive employee. The problem starts when you cross the line from being a hard worker (which is good) to enabling an unhealthy or unsafe situation to continue (which is not good). Sometimes our own egos are to blame because we are unwilling to ask for or demand help when needed. Other times, the expectations that UPS places upon us in a particular situation are simply not realistic. So with the best of intentions, we give 150% and find a way to accomplish the impossible...only to discover that the impossible gradually becomes the [I]norm[/I]. In the eyes of the company we did it once, so we should be able to do it again. And again, and again, and again. There comes a point where the only way to make the company correct an impossible situation is by allowing it to fail. Once the consequences of that failure become too painful to ignore, those responsible will be forced to make the necessary changes. Until then, it will continue to be business as usual. The line between "good employee" and "enabler" is a very faint and fuzzy one that can be almost impossible to avoid crossing from time to time. [/QUOTE]
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