What happens often is some idiot L5 will write a 1-pager saying hey we should fix this. A VP will read it and go yes good idea, you can have it. The L5 says no you don’t understand, I have a full plate. VP says don’t worry, your workload has been reduced to 95%. I am that L5.
Grant Slatton
@GrantSlatton
2 Nov 2025
weirdest part of working at any bigtech is if you poke around, it's easy to find projects that can be done in less than 1 month and would save the company >$10MM but nobody gets around to doing them — usually because they're in a weird cross-cutting domain no single manager owns

Nov 3, 2025 · 1:55 PM UTC

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Finders keepers.
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Stared too deep into the abyss and became the abyss domain expert
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I’ve begun learning this the hard way… time to stop noticing quite as many things as
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Used to be that L5 as well, now I am the L6 who keeps a living breathing doc I like to call “flippin rocks” and I will pick out items from it when I have free time or find an L5 it can be delegated to while acting as a shepherd.
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Since your workload was 162% a reduction to 95% so you can do a side project seems reasonable.
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Applying your brain and problem solving skills to 100% should be reserved for your own ventures. Otherwise it’s either this or ppl resent you for pointing at out inefficiencies
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Come on Vic, 95%? They drop it to 101% min!
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The more senior you get the better you are at keeping your mouth shut
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And I’m the L5 who would end up with that work along with existing work, regretting about poking around!
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refusing new projects is impossible, might as well start collecting badges for each one
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the more you know the less you understand
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