[dylan604]

There's a saying that I'm often told, and I'm sure we've all heard it at some point "don't bring me problems, bring me solutions". It's such a shit comment to make.

I interpret it as if they are saying "You plebe! I don't have time for your issues. I can't get promoted from your work if you only bring problems."

Being able to solve the problem is being able to understand the problem and admit it exists first. <smacksMyDamnHead>

[yashap]

Depends how it’s used. If it’s used in an org where major, high impact problems are ignored, as a way to just say “ignore all problems”, then yeah, it’s a shit comment.

However, if it’s used to legitimately say “don’t just complain, fix”, then I think it’s a positive. An organization where everyone is constantly negative and complaining about every little issue, but not working to implement improvements/fixes, is essentially a failed company. Successful companies are full of people who actively fix the high impact problems, while also being realists, who can accept that the low impact problems aren’t worth the effort to fix, and aren’t worth endlessly complaining about.