I have a coworker who has been with my company as long as I’ve been in this entire career that we are both in. Between the two of us, I am the expert, because if something goes one iota off the rails, she can’t handle/process it. This is a problem because shit goes off the rails ALL THE TIME in our business. How she hasn’t figured out how to handle that in 15 years, I don’t know
It’s possible, though I suspect it’s more a byproduct of rigidity - she’s fine at her job when everything is straightforward and/or predictable, but goes to pieces when choices aren’t binary.
I have a coworker who has been with my company as long as I’ve been in this entire career that we are both in. Between the two of us, I am the expert, because if something goes one iota off the rails, she can’t handle/process it. This is a problem because shit goes off the rails ALL THE TIME in our business. How she hasn’t figured out how to handle that in 15 years, I don’t know
Is it potentially learned helplessness, and they are enabled in other aspects of life?
It’s possible, though I suspect it’s more a byproduct of rigidity - she’s fine at her job when everything is straightforward and/or predictable, but goes to pieces when choices aren’t binary.