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How to Stop Being Insecure at Work

April 21, 2025

Sometimes, just one slip-up at work, an email with a typo, or some offhand manager’s comment can ruin your entire day. Instead of crossing off tasks from your to-do list, you brood over what you did and start second-guessing your qualifications.

Sounds familiar? Well, that’s what insecurity at work looks like — a nagging feeling you need to learn to shake off if you want to be happy, productive, and successful at work.

This post walks you through the common triggers, examples of insecurities, and real strategies for overcoming them!

What Causes Insecurity at Work?

The crippling feeling of inadequacy at work can sneak up on anyone, literary any time. Seasoned pros (all up to the C-suite members) occasionally doubt their abilities (and they’re not afraid to admit that!). Roughly a quarter of young women (aged 18 to 30) are feeling insecure at work.

For the most part, common reasons behind insecurity at work are:

Imposter syndrome — the sneaky, inner saboteur, whispering that you’re not ‘good enough’ for the occupied role.

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Guide to Setting Boundaries at Work

November 28, 2024

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No matter what you do, you find yourself overwhelmed with work and emails from colleagues that scream “urgent!”, almost every day. Of course, this leaves you drained and miserable. Time to put that trend to rest. While setting boundaries at work may seem challenging, it’s necessary for happiness, fulfillment, and productivity.

What Are Healthy Boundaries at Work?

Boundaries are limits we set for ourselves to protect our well-being and personal space. They’re like invisible limits that we use to communicate what sort of treatment is A-okay and what behaviors feel somewhat uncomfortable.

At work, you may set personal boundaries around your:

Personal life and matters you’d rather keep private (e.g., anything to do with your family).
Availability, like specific hours when you’re available for work-related matters (e.g., not answering emails on vacation).
Workload expectations around how soon you can complete certain tasks (e.g., politely pushing back on an unrealistic deadline).
Physical preferences such as saying you feel uncomfortable with hugs or discouraging unannounced drop-ins to your office.

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ICOC Engineer – Portland, OR (Remote Work Available)#110749 (PORTLAND, OR, US, 97232)

September 27, 2023

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PacifiCorp is seeking customer-centric candidates to grow and sustain our commitment to a culture of customer service excellence, environmental sustainability and diversity, equity and inclusion.

General Purpose

Working independently under minimal supervision, position is responsible for the data management and design, implementation, maintenance and monitoring of database technologies and related software Provides computer operations incident and problem resolution in a multi-platform, corporate 24×7 data center operations environment by performing front-line event management for all information technology business critical applications, servers, peripherals, telecommunications, the mainframe, desktops and laptops and IT computing facilities. Serves as a mentor/trainer for the team members with less experience. Recommends and implements improvements of client accessibility to corporate information.

Responsibilities

Monitors information technology and responds to alerts to support high availability and restoration of services.
Applies troubleshooting and technical skills as well as coordinates with company workgroups, internal and external technical service providers, and external business partners to resolve incidents.
Responds to and diagnoses problems through troubleshooting and analysis, independently or with other information technology support personnel on server/network, desktop or mainframe applications and hardware systems.

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Data Governance Specialist, Portland, OR (Remote work available) #109134 (PORTLAND, OR, US, 97232)

July 17, 2023

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PacifiCorp is seeking customer-centric candidates to grow and sustain our commitment to a culture of customer service excellence, environmental sustainability and diversity, equity and inclusion.

General Purpose

This position specifically supports the data management, tracking, coordination, and summarization of data compiled and used throughout the Distribution System Planning (DSP) process. Works alongside senior leadership to develop tools and analysis and inform the future of data driven decisions. Develops presentations for senior management and recommends and implements changes to meet company goals. Supports long term grid planning, load forecasting, and compilation of regulatory reporting. Summarizes and explains data and analysis for use in outreach and reporting and participate in discussions with internal/external stakeholders around DSP data needs, reports, and baseline information (data about all of Pacific Power’s distribution feeders, substations, and infrastructure). Contributes to internal training for engineers and technicians in subject area.

Responsibilities

Lead and manage increased data requirements for DSP process.
Lead, compile and update DSP baseline data (data about all of Pacific Power’s distribution feeders, substations, and infrastructure)
Support data management projects, processes, or systems over the life cycle of the project, including project identification, scope development, implementation, and long-term operations and maintenance.

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Engineer II (Renewables), Portland, OR (Remote Work Available) #109372 (PORTLAND, OR, US, 97232)

December 25, 2022

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PacifiCorp is seeking customer-centric candidates to grow and sustain our commitment to a culture of customer service excellence, environmental sustainability and diversity, equity and inclusion.

General Purpose

Under limited supervision, applies prescribed methods and standard practices in performing all phases of projects and assists other engineering staff on more complex projects. Develops engineering studies, plans, specifications, calculations, evaluations, design documents, and performance assessments associated with the planning, design, licensing, construction, operation, and maintenance of the Company’s renewable generation facilities/systems.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, modify, and evaluate systems, process, or facilities to support Company objectives.
Develop electrical engineering studies, plans, specifications, calculations, evaluations, design documents, and performance assessments.
Determine methods and techniques for obtaining results.
Guide and direct associate level engineers, technicians and drafters.
Recommend alternative solutions to management in area of specialty on engineering solutions to meet business needs.
Deliver on commitments and manage outside engineering services to accomplish the assigned work.
Analyze and design engineering methods.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from an accredited college/university.

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Facing More Responsibility at Work for The Same Pay? Here’s How to Respond

December 21, 2022

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Inflation and the rising cost of living literally leave less money in our pockets. But what about your job? Does the compensation still feel fair? If you’ve been dealing with a bump in responsibilities, but no equivalent increase in compensation, this post advises you on what to do.

Can My Employer Give Me More Responsibility Without More Pay?

Yes, legally your employer can increase your range of responsibilities without increasing your compensation. But it’s not an appropriate thing to do. Employees should be fairly compensated for extra responsibilities since they usually require more effort and skill to do. This is usually called “horizontal career growth” and it includes a salary bump.

Last year, employers increased salaries for executives, management, professional, and support staff by 3% on average. That’s after an average 2.7% increase in 2021.

However, more responsibilities may not always lead to higher pay. For example, you may not get an immediate salary increase if you took extra responsibilities:

As part of a training or development program
Temporarily to cover for another person
As part of your performance improvement plan (PIB)

In general, everyone’s situation is different.…