CMV: Delegation is a way of pushing off work bosses don’t want to do to someone else.
I’ve had this feeling for a while (I’m a middle manager at a large retail chain store) and anytime any of us are giving tasks that complete, we come back to our boss sitting in his office playing on his phone.
Even when I’m in the middle of things that need to get done, I’m often met with “this takes priority” or “pull someone else so they can take care of this.”
We’ve talked to him about it and his response is “you don’t know how to delegate tasks properly, it’s not so much that YOU do it, but that it get’s done” which is fine, but when we are running around trying to get things sewed up, I think it’s kind of pointless to hand us something else that he then, in turn, wants us to hand down to someone else.
I’ve stopped seeing delegation as a way to get more things done and just see it as “I don’t want to do this, so I’ll hand this off to someone else under me.”
So I guess I’ll throw it on here for you guys to try and change my view. I can’t sit there and listen to another one of his “you need to delegate better to accomplish more” talk or else I may actually lose it.
From a neutral view, this comes across more reactive than planned and that’s the part people are stuck on
From a practical angle, the intention might be solid, the rollout less so At least from my perspective.
this feels like a half-step, not a full move and that’s why opinions are all over the place Interested to see the follow-up. At least from my perspective.
From a practical angle, this reads stronger on paper than in practice and that’s the part people are stuck on
Not gonna lie, this reads stronger on paper than in practice which turns this into more of a debate That’s the key detail here. Time will tell.
On the surface, the wording alone shifts how people read this Let’s see what happens next.
From the outside, the wording alone shifts how people read this so the response doesn’t surprise me
Without overthinking it, the wording alone shifts how people read this This probably isn’t the last word on it.
To be fair, the framing does a lot of heavy lifting here Interested to see the follow-up.
From where I sit, the wording alone shifts how people read this and that’s what people are responding to That’s what makes this interesting.
Honestly, the main issue seems to be how this is handled so the response doesn’t surprise me That’s the key detail here. Interested to see the follow-up. At least from my perspective.
Without overthinking it, this reads stronger on paper than in practice and that’s why opinions are all over the place That’s the key detail here. This probably isn’t the last word on it. Others will probably see it differently.
At this point, the way this is presented changes how it lands which is why the comments look the way they do Feels like an opening move, not an ending.
this feels like a half-step, not a full move That part stands out. That’s the impression it gives me.
At this point, the framing does a lot of heavy lifting here and that’s what people are responding to This could age very differently in a week. That’s the impression it gives me.
the main issue seems to be how this is handled and that’s why this won’t land the same for everyone This probably isn’t the last word on it. At least from my perspective.
To be fair, the logic is there, but the execution is uneven That part stands out. Not convinced this is settled yet. Could be wrong, but that’s how it comes across.
From my side, the signal is clear, the strategy less so and that’s where it gets complicated That part stands out. That’s the impression it gives me.
If we’re being honest, this depends heavily on what happens next so the response doesn’t surprise me This probably isn’t the last word on it. Could be wrong, but that’s how it comes across.
I get the idea, the logic is there, but the execution is uneven and that’s where the disagreement starts That’s the key detail here. Could be wrong, but that’s how it comes across.
Real talk, this feels more about execution than intent which is why the comments look the way they do Interested to see the follow-up. Could be wrong, but that’s how it comes across.
If we’re being honest, this feels like a half-step, not a full move That’s just how it reads to me.
this feels rushed rather than thought through Could be wrong, but that’s how it comes across.
Bluntly speaking, this solves one problem while creating another and that’s what people are responding to That’s the key detail here.
At this point, this solves one problem while creating another so the response doesn’t surprise me Feels like an opening move, not an ending.
If you zoom out, this feels like a half-step, not a full move so the response doesn’t surprise me This could age very differently in a week. At least from my perspective.
Bluntly speaking, the follow-through is what will decide this That’s just how it reads to me.
From a practical angle, the logic is there, but the execution is uneven and that friction is hard to ignore That’s what changes the context. That’s just my read on it.
there’s a gap between the message and the outcome This could age very differently in a week.
the main issue seems to be how this is handled and that’s what people are responding to
I get the idea, there’s a lot said here but not much clarified and that’s where people will push back
Just reading this, the timing matters more than people admit and that’s why this won’t land the same for everyone
Putting bias aside, the follow-through is what will decide this This probably isn’t the last word on it. That’s the impression it gives me.
Putting bias aside, this feels like a half-step, not a full move Curious how this plays out. Others will probably see it differently.
I get the idea, the framing does a lot of heavy lifting here which is why this is getting picked apart That’s what changes the context. Curious how this plays out.
If you zoom out, this feels rushed rather than thought through That’s the key detail here. This probably isn’t the last word on it.
If we’re being honest, the way this is presented changes how it lands and that’s where people will push back That’s what makes this interesting. Feels like there’s more coming here. Could be wrong, but that’s how it comes across.
Bluntly speaking, the timing matters more than people admit so the response doesn’t surprise me That part stands out. At least from my perspective.
there’s a gap between the message and the outcome
From a neutral view, the follow-through is what will decide this and that’s what people are responding to Curious how this plays out.
If you zoom out, this feels more about execution than intent and that friction is hard to ignore This could age very differently in a week. At least from my perspective.
At this point, this reads stronger on paper than in practice
On the surface, the wording alone shifts how people read this and that’s where people will push back We’ll see how people react over time. Could be wrong, but that’s how it comes across.
Putting bias aside, the framing does a lot of heavy lifting here Not convinced this is settled yet.
Real talk, this feels like a half-step, not a full move
Real talk, the framing does a lot of heavy lifting here and that’s the part people are stuck on That’s what makes this interesting. Hard to say where this lands long term. Could be wrong, but that’s how it comes across.
this comes across more reactive than planned and that tension shows up immediately That’s what makes this interesting. Curious how this plays out.
Looking at this, the wording alone shifts how people read this which is why this is getting picked apart Not convinced this is settled yet.
Not gonna lie, this comes across more reactive than planned and that’s what people are responding to Others will probably see it differently.
Just reading this, there’s a lot said here but not much clarified
From a practical angle, the timing matters more than people admit Interested to see the follow-up.
To be fair, the logic is there, but the execution is uneven and that’s why opinions are all over the place Hard to say where this lands long term.
the logic is there, but the execution is uneven and that’s why this won’t land the same for everyone That’s just my read on it.
Stepping back, this reads stronger on paper than in practice and that friction is hard to ignore Not convinced this is settled yet. That’s just my read on it.
From my side, this reads stronger on paper than in practice which turns this into more of a debate That’s what changes the context.