to be fair, I sympathoze with the editor. even though I know that their job is different than my job, and their job is literally to catch stuff like this. I mean I think it is I don’t know.
part of my job is reviewing my team members’ work. there’s only so many times that you can review the same task before you just assume that they did what you told them and you ship it. I have one team member where I need to review their shit at least three times in order for it to be correct. all of the information for it to be correct is usually there on the first review. they simply do not do some of the things noted, or introduce new errors as they work. It’s not my job to micromanage them or babysit them or correct their mistakes endlessly, at some point they are responsible for their own work, and I am not responsible for every mistake they make.
I know it’s not the same situation — but it is relatable and it makes me empathize with the editor
I’m reminded of two coworkers. One I could just ask to do something and he would do a generally reasonable job of it. The other would make weird choices and introduce problems. Reviewing the latter’s work was sometimes worse than just doing it myself from the start.
yep. the latter person… I’ve dealt with a few now. it’s exhausting. at some point you have to just accept that you are not entirely responsible for their work product, and they just suck.
Yeah, this is not a single or two persons fault. There are a lot of people who just didn’t care.
I think this is exactly two people’s fault. The “writer” and the last human in the newsroom because everybody else has been let go ages ago.
No, it’s the fault of the people who let everybody else go.
to be fair, I sympathoze with the editor. even though I know that their job is different than my job, and their job is literally to catch stuff like this. I mean I think it is I don’t know.
part of my job is reviewing my team members’ work. there’s only so many times that you can review the same task before you just assume that they did what you told them and you ship it. I have one team member where I need to review their shit at least three times in order for it to be correct. all of the information for it to be correct is usually there on the first review. they simply do not do some of the things noted, or introduce new errors as they work. It’s not my job to micromanage them or babysit them or correct their mistakes endlessly, at some point they are responsible for their own work, and I am not responsible for every mistake they make.
I know it’s not the same situation — but it is relatable and it makes me empathize with the editor
I’m reminded of two coworkers. One I could just ask to do something and he would do a generally reasonable job of it. The other would make weird choices and introduce problems. Reviewing the latter’s work was sometimes worse than just doing it myself from the start.
yep. the latter person… I’ve dealt with a few now. it’s exhausting. at some point you have to just accept that you are not entirely responsible for their work product, and they just suck.