Corporate Truths:
1. Nobody is glowing like the coworker who is about to quit
2. Taking your job seriously is a sign of low intelligence
3. Nobody gets jobs faster than a person that QUIT EVERY JOB
4. The guy giving 110% at work and the guy doing the bare minimum get the same paycheck
5. Getting hired for a job today is equivalent to buying a house in 2008 right before the great financial crisis
6. Don't trust your boss OR coworkers. Never, ever. Trust me.
dear god I'm restraining and holding back the best I can to not whip and smack those bad boys. I can't believe my brother and sister who used to beat me up now became a sane parent. At least let me yell and glare.
Overcommunication works because your manager’s biggest fear is being surprised by your failure in front of their boss.
Every “just keeping you posted” message does the same thing: it transfers risk. When you update your manager, you’re giving them time to course-correct, pre-spin the narrative, or escalate before it becomes a crisis they own.
The people who get managed out are almost always the ones whose managers had to explain problems they didn’t see coming. That’s what triggers the “I don’t trust this person” instinct. Surprise, not incompetence.
And here’s what most people miss about overcommunication: it also shapes how your manager talks about you in rooms you’re not in. If they always have fresh context on your work, you show up in talent reviews, resourcing conversations, promo discussions. If they don’t, you’re just a name on a spreadsheet.
The real hack is making your manager feel like they’ll never be caught off guard because of you. That feeling compounds into trust, which compounds into opportunity.
When I was younger, I rebelled against the idea that cooking was something I was obligated to do. As I grow older, I’ve begun to fear that if I don’t learn my grandmother’s and mother’s recipes, I’ll lose the flavours I love most. Both of these things can be simultaneously true.