I’m a Jr. Analyst at a mid-sized company just over 2.5 years into my role. I handle multiple portfolios costing new products coming to market.
Something that’s been bothering me: how do some people progress to “Senior” level and hold their position for years while having little to no understanding of their portfolios and production process?
I spent my entire first year learning how our products are made so I could do my job well. Meanwhile, I’m constantly dealing with senior-level sales, marketing, & finance personel pitching ideas that don’t make any financial or operational sense. On top of that, they’ll wait until the days before they're supposed to pitch their ideas to leadership and expect me to drop everything to cover their butts while also throwing me under the bus if i can't meet their last minute timelines.
I've tried giving the benefit of the doubt to these people but trying to teach them I feel that it's just in one ear out the other and my job is to spoon feed everything. It's frustrating because I feel like my time is being wasted some days on useless projects that shouldn't ever be considered if these people had any conceptual knowledge on their portfolios. Is this a fair rant or am I complaing too much?
TLDR: Anyone else feel like their cross functional coworkers know nothing about their company?