This topic is about business. I heard that people are opening up a business. Down the road. And it’s a Major project! If your in a bad relationship get out of it. If you need money get a job, or if you have a job work harder and get a promotion. If you are lonely get a partner.
I heard a new business is opening up down the road. I think that this well be a good opportunity, to get out of my bad job. And maybe I can find love there to! And get my life together
This RichardStep Marketing survey was designed to get a better understanding of what really gets under the skin of those folks out there dealing with major projects. Read over the awesome answers below and see how you can tailor your business to address the frustrations of the people most relevant to your business niche market. Want more? Read the 125 other topics in the ‘Frustrations’ survey category by clicking here.
The following list are uncut and raw responses of the things this group found most frustrating in their daily lives.
Major Projects at Work
- Building a tall stadium for spectators out of limited supplies and with poor leadership. The original manager of the project couldn’t handle it so he decided to give the responsibility off to me. Along with a junior manager who I was supposed to bring on board but not to listen to his advice (which was time and material saving but hugely risky for the users aka the spectators).
- Explain to someone from another culture who was hoping our organization can help his group start a new project, that we don’t work the way we did 25 years ago, when he was last in contact with former colleagues, and that current projects have to include true partnership and don’t come with an unlimited budget to be thrown around to take care of the stated need (in other words, trying to explain in 10 minutes why NGOs in Africa no longer work with a colonialist mindset.
- Finishing a project at work with little direction or experience to guide myself and my co-workers through it. Essentially, we were flying blind. It was frustrating because there are certain expectations placed on us, but with no discernible path on how to fulfill those expectations in the eyes of the management/benefactors.
- Having too many projects out on my plate that all need serious time & attention to detail & not having the time or not feeling I have enough time to give them the attention they deserve. Especially since my job mostly consists of reviewing others work & then being the one responsible for the final product. At home it’s the constant worry that I don’t give enough time to my son & that I have made bad choices.
- I had a group project to do and I had to work with a bunch of people who didn’t want to do their part, so I had to do it all. It was just a stressful situation, and since our project was graded all-together, I found it frustrating that I was carrying the grade for their lack of motivation.
- I HAD DONE A GROUP project and I distrabute each work to everyone in my group but one of my member who I believe that she can do her work well without checking becuase this duty is very simple but still make a mistake that my teacher said that it like a kid work..So I am the leader I feel frustrating
- I had to write a script for a small horror film that I am shooting with my “friend” my friend called the idea stupid and that I had no creativity, my grammar was bad and that my story wasnt compelling enough when I had got top marks for these exams in the past, whilst he totally failed. He acts like such a know it all and he then remade the story with “better” grammar and totally messed it up it was fine the way it was. It was my project to start with and he showed no interest in it whatsoever as he was developing his own short film to do, we didnt have time to shoot both films so we had to decide on which one, I said that mine was the most difficult but if it done right it would be really good, whilst his was short and rubbish.considering timing I decided to say as a test “maybe we should choose your one” and he replied saying very very quickly saying ” yeah ok if thats okay with you” I took offence to that because he showed no interest in my story and it really irritated me. so in the end we did his crap film so that less time was wasted as we are film students and have deadlines to meet. afterwards he totally remade my film and got new people to star in it, he then claimed that it was an original idea claiming that this work was his own and got the best grade in the class.
- I was working on a project for which was more of an exploratory piece and there was no clear guidance on what the client wants. The frustrating part was that whatever we thought will give us great insights seemed to be the exact thing for which we had no data. When we did manage to get most of the data, the same thing was available in multiple locations & all of them were inconsistent with each other. We wasted an entire week on a job which should have taken a day or two and it was extremely frustrating.
- In the last few days and in the last few years I have had quite a struggle really moving on from where I am in an unsatisfying career choice. At first I loved what I was doing, primarily because I love solving problems. I do not like this to be confused with decision making, which has been pointed out by my fiance as a weakness, I do agree. I have been working on new projects at work that I do enjoy doing how ever it is very unsatisfactory. I love learning and that is exactly what I have been doing but what I am learning is not a passion. All in all I am primarily frustrated at being the age I am and not having any real insight to what I truly want to do for the rest of my life. I do not want to jump from job to job to figure it out. I am typically the person who just analytically thinks about something and comes to a great finalized solution, just not in my own life. Ironic.
- In the process of trying to complete a very large project, the project was broken down into several smaller projects which would then be tied together. Often, when no progress can be made on one of the smaller projects, I would move on to a different small project. I find it very frustrating when progress on ALL of the small projects become blocked, thereby preventing any progress towards the main goal.
- It was very frustrating to have to work with people in a group that weren’t trying their best. I really enjoy working with others, if we are all focused on a goal. I didn’t like how I did most of the project by myself after requesting their assistance more than a few times. I enjoy working with people and creating relationships, but not with slackers.
- Joined in IIT-B as a project assistant. Well unable to sit continuously and work, don’t know the reason. By the time I get the momentum of work will have to go either for lunch, snacks or dinner… new place ..1st time away from home…I know my potentials very well….sometimes I feel is this the right place for me…. Mixture of thoughts but I know I con do it..
- Knowing that they didn’t try to help me with our group project. I tried to understand how people differently prioritize their life but I just cant stand when they let me and my another friend work OUR group project almost by myself even. We are sitting together. He just play game and ignore any if my request to do work.
- My boss has a new project of the moment that I do not agree with. It is frustrating because I am an adult and very good at my job and my boss wants me to stop everything I am doing to focus on her project even though I am in a 100% commission sales job and I feel my focus can be better spent on more rewarding projects.
- My general work days have been really frustrating. I was asked to stay the weekend with the family I nanny for, but was given hardly any directions about what the rules were/what was required of me. Thus it made it very difficult to feel like I was going my best job since I didn’t know what the expectations were. It really frustrates me when I am asked to do things spur of the moment. I really value my time and being on a schedule. I also get frustrated when I am not given directions to a task/project and am criticized because I did the task wrong.
- Okay, so I am working on a project with a group of friends and the one who is responsible who is actually my best friend asked me to contact our advisor and ask her for the points that we are going to need in this project, it was really frustrating because of many reasons, one was that it wasn’t really clear at the beginning what she wanted, two we were communicating via phone calls, three she seemed to be nagging so so so much about it and pushing the information into me hardly, four she contacted me first via whatsapp messages then in the phone call she said something that kind of annoyed or hurted me even though I know she didn’t mean it that way, five I was already in a bad depression so it got worse. And I ended up crying hiding my face in my closet while I was organising it!!!!!!
- One of the most frustrating things I have had to do at work recently was allow a task to remain unfinished before going home. The project wasn’t due until the next day and it was an easy task for the person to complete tomorrow; however, it is still frustrating for me that I was unable to finish it. I enjoy leaving my work area clean, complete, polished and ready for the new day. Although it did not have an overall negative impact in my department, I like to complete projects as soon as possible in order to free up the person who comes in after me. Anything I can complete gives them more time to focus on their work which is beneficial for that employee, myself, and my department as a whole.
- Sitting through a two hour meeting today, where coworkers spoke about projects that have zero interest to me, using a lot of acronyms. It just felt pointless, there was no meaning to it, nothing accomplished from it, and if i’m going to waste two hours at work, i’d rather do it on facebook! ;-)
- Spent last week working with one of our young independent contractors who is not delivering on a project and continuing to make excuses as to why this is happening. This individual is not living up to expectations and its such a great opportunity for them to exceed expectations based on their skill set. Hate seeing people waste their talent.
- The most frustrating thing for me in the past few days is to sit back and wait for my husband to finish a household renovation project that I know I am capable of doing. Due to late pregnancy, he prefer that I not to the tasks involved. I found this very frustrating because I have no control over when the project gets completed or even worked on. I would finish it quickly, but he chooses to wait and take more time than I prefer. It is also frustrating to me because it only serves to display my physical limitations, which normally is not something that I have to deal with.
- The most important question right now going through my head is that, did I make the right career decision by leaving my former job for this new one. The most frustrating thing I am doing presently is having to wait for my boss decision on a project I am working on.
- The most important questions floating around would probably be what am I going to be like in the future or where am I going to end up? The most fustrating thing I had to do was to work on a project for my English class and I didn’t even finish it because I gave up and I wanted it to be perfect.
- There is a virus on my computer and I can’t figure out how to get rid of it, Apparently it is a very rare virus, and I have only ever heard of one person who has it. I searched online and nobody knows what it is, and it is not browser specific. It is frustrating because it makes my internet too slow and I am not able to make progress on a project I am working on.
- Trying to get a bunch of people organized to paint someone’s trim. It is aggravating not having the answers and not really knowing what I am stepping into. It doesn’t help I don’t like doing physically exhausting manual labor and it also doesn’t help that I am working with a bunch of guys that don’t want to either. The person that asked us to help isn’t even going to help paint! I just want the project over with.
- Trying to manage several projects at once, not getting sufficient time to do a great job on any of them. I know I am capable of more and what to deliver to the best possible standard, so it’s always a frustration not getting the time to focus and do as much as you’d like to do.
- Well the most frustrating thing I had to do these past few weeks were finishing all my projects, and catching up on my deadline, and seeing that everything is working ad flowing the way it should be. Its frustrating to me because I want to finish everything on time and I want it done excellently.
- Working on my science project for Physical Science. I do not do good with managing my time and working with others in a group for group projects. We always wait until the last minute to get stuff done and I feel rushed and not everyone helps out. That’s really frustrating. I feel like we could do a lot better.