This is not a whinge for those that would whinge about me whinging. This guy is in trouble. I am not posting as a knee-jerk reaction, I have since left work, had some ale, reflected on todays events, got home, had dinner.
Suityou02 has been awesome, very supportive.
This is my big break in the London markets and I am working my ass off. Last team meeting I was told that this week was somewhat up in the air, and that only the first 2.5 days were planned for me. I was asked to deliver A+B in those two days. I did. Early.
In those 2.5 days B+C+D+E were also added to the pile. D was problematic as the spec was incomplete, and did not suggest where to get the data from, there is a vast data warehouse, and myriad systems with no documentation. I was asked to speak to the head of the DW team. He was not very helpful, and said he could not speak to me until the end of the week.
I fed this back to the PM, who said that these delays would be added to the plan. I then got on with B+C+E.
I have delivered all. Early. Then at 5pm I was asked for D. I kept accurate notes, and was able to explain what I was working on, and how D was on hold. This was not acceptable in his eyes, and he bawled me out in front of the whole office. I defended myself, professionally.
He went away. 20 minutes later I was called into a side office. He said he needed to nip my attitude in the bud. I said I was confused, and did not know what he meant. He said that the way I replied to him was defensive. I had an answer for his every probing question was all. I kept my composure then, and in the side office.
He was really agitated, and I eventually concluded that the meeting was going nowhere and tried to excuse myself. "Sit down, I'm not taking any more of your tulip" was the response.
I actually sat back down.
He went on to say that I had not been working on priorities (even though he had asked me to work on them), and that even though he asked me to work on them I had only been meant to spend an hour on each task (one of them took 4). He only mentioned one of the tasks should only take an hour, and as this was an investigation this was fair enough.
This guy's contract is up for renewal, he has been bollocked for not keeping the project plan up to date, micro managing, and being too reactive. He has an interview tomorrow morning (he confided) and will learn if his contract will be renewed tomorrow.
I seem to be taking the brunt of his failings, and after a week of hard work am still not good enough in his eyes. Does he know he is on tulip street and is trying to take me with him? I asked for a copy of the plan as I had no idea of the deadline he was trying to enforce, and he said it was not up to date yet.
It would be so easy to bail, but I feel that I need to hang on in there, no matter how much this is driving me to drink.
Suityou02 is supportive but concerned.
I am not a sockie, just mildly pissed and being bullied. I need some perspective, this is why I post this, not for attention, just perspective which is hard to gain under this kind of unfair bolox pressure.
Suityou02 has been awesome, very supportive.
This is my big break in the London markets and I am working my ass off. Last team meeting I was told that this week was somewhat up in the air, and that only the first 2.5 days were planned for me. I was asked to deliver A+B in those two days. I did. Early.
In those 2.5 days B+C+D+E were also added to the pile. D was problematic as the spec was incomplete, and did not suggest where to get the data from, there is a vast data warehouse, and myriad systems with no documentation. I was asked to speak to the head of the DW team. He was not very helpful, and said he could not speak to me until the end of the week.
I fed this back to the PM, who said that these delays would be added to the plan. I then got on with B+C+E.
I have delivered all. Early. Then at 5pm I was asked for D. I kept accurate notes, and was able to explain what I was working on, and how D was on hold. This was not acceptable in his eyes, and he bawled me out in front of the whole office. I defended myself, professionally.
He went away. 20 minutes later I was called into a side office. He said he needed to nip my attitude in the bud. I said I was confused, and did not know what he meant. He said that the way I replied to him was defensive. I had an answer for his every probing question was all. I kept my composure then, and in the side office.
He was really agitated, and I eventually concluded that the meeting was going nowhere and tried to excuse myself. "Sit down, I'm not taking any more of your tulip" was the response.
I actually sat back down.
He went on to say that I had not been working on priorities (even though he had asked me to work on them), and that even though he asked me to work on them I had only been meant to spend an hour on each task (one of them took 4). He only mentioned one of the tasks should only take an hour, and as this was an investigation this was fair enough.
This guy's contract is up for renewal, he has been bollocked for not keeping the project plan up to date, micro managing, and being too reactive. He has an interview tomorrow morning (he confided) and will learn if his contract will be renewed tomorrow.
I seem to be taking the brunt of his failings, and after a week of hard work am still not good enough in his eyes. Does he know he is on tulip street and is trying to take me with him? I asked for a copy of the plan as I had no idea of the deadline he was trying to enforce, and he said it was not up to date yet.
It would be so easy to bail, but I feel that I need to hang on in there, no matter how much this is driving me to drink.
Suityou02 is supportive but concerned.
I am not a sockie, just mildly pissed and being bullied. I need some perspective, this is why I post this, not for attention, just perspective which is hard to gain under this kind of unfair bolox pressure.
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