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A most bizarre state of affairs

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    A most bizarre state of affairs

    Still in the same gig, as technical team lead. Last 2 weeks. UAT is in the final stages and the data migration project I am heading up is also getting close.

    Our project (only ickle 200K one) feeds into a 12 mil SAP project which is hitting the buffers. TBH I don't care as I will be long gone before they go live. At every turn they have needed my help and support and I have given it willingly. Then after periods of help and saving their bacon they turn nasty and put the knife in.

    Countless times they have put the boot in, and tried to make us the scapegoat. Tried to cite us as the reason they are running late. Countless times I have steered our project off the rocks. We have hit every single deadline. Its a rag tag and bobtail team I am leading, but I do seem to have a knack with the old man management and leadership and getting the best out of people and shielding them from political bollocks.

    We are due to deliver on time, 12th Oct.

    All good in the hood. Except the senior exec have started pulling my PM for regular kickins. Problems with governance, problems with reporting. Why do this now? What at the very very tail end of the project?

    They keep chucking in barriers, hurdles and hills to climb that just aren't there. I told the PM to push back and tell them he is too focused on delivery and to pick this up at lessons learned.

    Still they keep coming. PM has just about had enough.

    I have had enough. So I sent them a snottogram today along the lines of, if you truly believe our project is so tulip then have the balls to pull it or back the **** off and let us deliver it ffs.

    Still heard nothing back. I wonder if I have a gig to go to on Monday
    Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.

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    How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think

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      #3
      Ban him, get the pitch forks!
      Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.

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        #4
        The Who propose a jumbo boning session?
        Originally posted by MaryPoppins
        I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
        Originally posted by vetran
        Urine is quite nourishing

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          #5
          Originally posted by d000hg View Post
          The Who propose a jumbo boning session?
          As SY05 (just turned 3) says, 'azackry'. Meaning 'exactly'.
          Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.

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            #6
            Awww, baby rhinos in the making. How cute.

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              #7
              Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
              We have hit every single deadline.
              That's very silly. You should not hit more than about 70% of deadlines otherwise you will create unrealistic expectations and give managermen the idea that you don't need all the staff you've got.
              And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014

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                #8
                Originally posted by mudskipper View Post

                Awww, baby rhinos in the making. How cute.
                Come monday morning, Suity may be the one underneath
                Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ here

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
                  Come monday morning, Suity may be the one underneath
                  Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.

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                    #10
                    Suity,

                    That's politics. Are there any other side projects you could point at so both teams can point some blame elsewhere.
                    merely at clientco for the entertainment

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