Alright, let’s talk about “jer 2 3”. Just the name gives me a bit of a headache, even now. This wasn’t some fancy new tech from the outside; this was our own special brand of chaos, cooked up internally.
So, what was this “jer 2 3” thing?
Well, on paper, or at least in the glossy PowerPoint slides they showed us, “jer 2 3” was supposed to be this big overhaul of our old project management system. The big cheeses said it would make us faster, more efficient, you know, all the usual buzzwords. They rolled it out with a lot of fanfare, promising us it was the future. We were meant to jump on board, track all our tasks, our hours, our coffee breaks probably, through this new shiny interface.
I remember thinking, “Okay, let’s give this a shot.” The old system was clunky, no doubt. So, a part of me was hopeful. Maybe this “jer 2 3” would actually fix things. Boy, was I in for a surprise.
The Nitty-Gritty of Getting it ‘Working’
First off, the training. Ha! It was a two-hour session where someone clicked through slides so fast, you’d think they were trying to set a speed record. We walked out of there more confused than when we went in. Then, we actually had to start using this thing. That’s when the real fun began.
The first week was a nightmare. Stuff just didn’t work like they said it would.
- Tasks would disappear into thin air. Poof! Gone.
- The interface was so cluttered, finding what you needed was like a treasure hunt, but without the treasure.
- It was slow. So incredibly slow. You’d click something and go make a cup of tea, and maybe, just maybe, it would have loaded by the time you got back.
- And permissions! Don’t even get me started. Half the team couldn’t access things they needed, while others had access to stuff they shouldn’t have even known existed.
We spent more time fighting with “jer 2 3” than actually doing our jobs. I remember my team lead, a really patient guy usually, just staring at his screen one afternoon, completely defeated. He said, “I’ve spent three hours trying to log one simple update. Three hours!” And that was the norm, not the exception.
We tried to give feedback, of course. We sent emails, we filled out forms. But it felt like shouting into the void. The response was always something vague like, “We’re looking into it,” or “It’s a learning curve.” A learning curve, my foot! It was just plain bad.
The Aftermath
Productivity took a nosedive, obviously. Morale wasn’t far behind. People were frustrated, stressed out. We started developing all these weird workarounds just to get our basic tasks done, bypassing “jer 2 3” wherever we could. It became this running joke, like, “Oh, you need that done today? Good luck getting ‘jer 2 3’ to cooperate.”
Eventually, after months of struggling and complaining, they slowly started rolling back some of the “features” or simplifying things. But the damage was done. We’d wasted so much time and energy on this thing that was supposed to help us.
So yeah, that was my experience with “jer 2 3”. It taught me a lot about how not to roll out new systems, that’s for sure. And it definitely made me appreciate tools that are simple and just work, without all the unnecessary bells and whistles that end up causing more trouble than they’re worth. Sometimes, you just gotta stick to what’s proven, you know?
