Rant

Medtronic - Is anyone else's team being asked to do 'more with less' to an extreme?

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·3d ago·2 comments

Seriously, what's the deal with the constant push to take on more responsibilities without any corresponding increase in resources or headcount? It feels like every meeting, every email from leadership is about efficiency, streamlining, and optimizing, but it always translates to my team scrambling to pick up the slack from other areas or projects that have been cut. We're already stretched thin. Now it feels like we're being asked to achieve miracles on a shoestring budget. It's not sustainable and frankly, it's demoralizing. Makes you question the long-term planning and whether anyone upstairs is actually looking at the ground-level execution. Starting to feel like we're being set up for failure, or worse, for a 'restructuring'.

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·3d ago

Absolutely feel this. It’s like they expect us to invent new ways to do the impossible. Every project seems to have this implicit understanding that we'll somehow juggle it all without proper support. The 'streamlining' talk often feels like a euphemism for cutting corners that then land on already overburdened teams. It’s incredibly frustrating to see the pressure mount without any acknowledgement of the strain.

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·3d ago

I hear you loud and clear. The 'more with less' mantra has become the company soundtrack, hasn't it? It’s disheartening when the messaging about innovation and growth is paired with a reality of shrinking resources. It creates an environment where it's hard to maintain quality, let alone feel motivated. This constant juggling act is definitely taking a toll on morale and productivity across the board.