If I thought I were seriously being cruel or hurtful, I'd feel worse about this. But, honestly, if she delivered, if her learning period wasn't a year and counting, if she didn't say things like "well, I don't know that, find another developer" when she knows it's not knowledge anyone has--she just doesn't want to learn...
You can be fucking sure I told him that stuff. Fuck "throwing her under the bus." It's funny that she's clearly been complaining about me, and one of the problems is that I stop communicating and either hand her the solution (from myself, or getting someone else to fix it), or do the work myself, instead of stopping at the analysis like a good little analyst.
Ugh, ita. That all is so reminiscient of my failing team member last year. The defensiveness, the refusal to really learn, or to own the fact that she didn't know or couldn't handle key parts of her job, the blaming things on not being communicated with or hand held enough. I was very lucky in that she reported to me, and my boss was behind me 100%.
Oh, but did I mention here that I got reported to the global ethics hotline because it was just so unfair to fire such a hard worker for no reason at all?
I got reported to the global ethics hotline
Dang, *global*? That's...actually kind of impressive. (And, of course, ridiculous.)
I got reported to the global ethics hotline
Umm, high five?
I notice the highly defensive people pretty quickly because it is a personal character flaw. I'm working on it, but it is my first reaction when stuff blows up.
Yeah, that was fun. But everything was documented (performance improvement plans, crappy annual review scores, stakeholder feedback) etc. so it wasn't anything to worry about. My boss laughed.
I also know some people who get defensive quickly, but then they chill out and get to work. It is like a momentary freak out. I wish you had more of those, Laura.
OK, back in the office. Only one comment on my hair. People here are weird.
I should keep a log of all the shit that comes in that my successor won't know how to deal with.
1. Question about solar panels at a site we transferred to NPS five years ago.
2. Question about justifying removing an obsolete piece of equipment worth $2M from a property we're giving to USAF.
3. Question about status of project in project-tracking software.
I like working with my boss. We both know that everybody makes mistakes, so we both have no problem admitting when we screwed up. While my boss has gotten mad at me for slacking off, he's never been mad at me for a mistake.
I'm impressed you have an ethics hotline. What I wouldn't do for an ombudsperson.
Some people here seem really unsettled and annoyed that I will freely admit a mistake when I make it. My boss is, of course, top of the list. It's like a character flaw in his eyes.
I'm impressed you have an ethics hotline. What I wouldn't do for an ombudsperson.
I swear my biggest takeaway from the whole thing was I was glad to get an inside look, so to speak, at the process.
Some people here seem really unsettled and annoyed that I will freely admit a mistake when I make it.
That's something I've had to learn to do, but it's been pretty staggering how much less stressful it usually is than sitting around wondering if anyone noticed or if shit is about to rain down on you.
