How to get your company to hire more people

Avoid this hard-to-break habit as an employee

Mike Holden
2 min readOct 23, 2023
Photo by Eric Prouzet on Unsplash

Many people fall into this trap.

A company keeps sending work your way and you keep finding a way to get it done, which might eventually mean you’re working well over 40 hours a week on a regular basis.

You’re probably stressed and barely keeping all the balls in the air at times. Maybe you’re somehow managing to avoid making mistakes but know it’s not sustainable. However, you don’t want to say anything because everyone is amazed at what you’re accomplishing on your own.

Surely, you’re going to climb the ladder if you keep this up. But will you?

Don’t wait around hoping your hardwork is eventually recognized

In a company with a strong culture, you might be rewarded for all your hard work.

On the other hand, in some compnaies, if you keep taking on more work to impress people, they might assume they don’t need to hire more staff.

One of the ways to fast track to burnout is to keep saying yes to more work, instead of saying you’ll need additional budget or people to get it done.

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Mike Holden
Mike Holden

Written by Mike Holden

Marketing leader with 20 years of experience. Dad of 6. Get ideas in the No Budget Marketing newsletter. https://nobudget.beehiiv.com/