Avni Barman reveals what the “slacker strategy” is all about.
Avni Barman worked at Atlassian as a product manager.
She explains the “lazy girl strategy” that earned her a salary increase of around 35,000 euros.
Barman recommends logging key tasks daily, prioritizing key metrics, and quantifying contributions.
In 2022 I was promoted for the first time. I worked as an associate product manager at Atlassian and received a raise of $40,000, the equivalent of about 35,000 euros. It wasn’t because I was the hardest worker or an exceptional employee, but because I applied what some call the “Lazy Girl Strategy” to name.
This “slacker strategy” is actually just about sharing my work successes proactively and efficiently.
Loud work, not hard work, always wins.
My career path – from a software development intern at Linkedin to a product manager at Atlassian to my current position as CEO of Generation She – is shaped by one important insight: “Loud work always wins, not hard work.”
The truth is that smart work is often just as effective as – if not more effective than – hard work, especially in large companies.
Through my experience, I have realized that the belief that promotions are only reserved for workaholics is a myth that needs to be debunked. I was able to climb the corporate ladder without burning out, and the best part was that it only took me 30 seconds a day.
1. Record your daily activities
For many of us, our daily work consists more of mini-actions than really big projects. Take 30 seconds every day to take a screenshot of your most important actions and save these screenshots in a folder. This could be a message you sent to a colleague that saved them time, or a milestone in a project.
This way, at the end of the year, it will be easier for you to summarize all your small successes into a few big successes and show the noticeable impact on the company.
Here’s one way you can catalog your daily achievements: