2010, here we come!

Ghoulish Delight · 01-04-2010, 03:39 PM

They're in a remote office, so that's not a problem.

When I started working with this person, it was under the shadow of a looming deadline and not enough time to do anything, where delays meant we'd have to be working weekends to recover. So I was happy to be available to facilitate success.

But it's become completely apparent that I'm dealing with a level of incompetence and failure of communication skills that I was not prepared for. And now that I've gotten my work done, while going out of my way to help her do her work, only to find her trying to lean on me for things that, at her job level, she should be able to accomplish without my help, I've now drawn the line.

Adding to the problem is that the people who work with her at the remote location who should be able to help her with the questions she has learned long ago what I'm learning now. So it hasn't been hard to read between the lines and realize that she's receiving zero assistance from them as they are even more fed up with her than I am. Which I totally understand, but it turned me into a babysitter last week and it sucked.

On the bright side, my manager is well aware of how she operates and by extension how that whole team operates (or fails to operate), so there seems to be no blame on me for her lack of progress.

Oh, this isn't the Total Serious Vent Thread, is it.

Umm, 2010. I'm going to have a baby! Yay!

BarTopDancer · 01-04-2010, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Umm, 2010. I'm going to have a baby! Yay!

You are? Then why in the heck is CP attending all the showers and the one looking pregnant?

01-04-2010, 03:39 PM	#1
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	They're in a remote office, so that's not a problem. When I started working with this person, it was under the shadow of a looming deadline and not enough time to do anything, where delays meant we'd have to be working weekends to recover. So I was happy to be available to facilitate success. But it's become completely apparent that I'm dealing with a level of incompetence and failure of communication skills that I was not prepared for. And now that I've gotten my work done, while going out of my way to help her do her work, only to find her trying to lean on me for things that, at her job level, she should be able to accomplish without my help, I've now drawn the line. Adding to the problem is that the people who work with her at the remote location who should be able to help her with the questions she has learned long ago what I'm learning now. So it hasn't been hard to read between the lines and realize that she's receiving zero assistance from them as they are even more fed up with her than I am. Which I totally understand, but it turned me into a babysitter last week and it sucked. On the bright side, my manager is well aware of how she operates and by extension how that whole team operates (or fails to operate), so there seems to be no blame on me for her lack of progress. Oh, this isn't the Total Serious Vent Thread, is it. Umm, 2010. I'm going to have a baby! Yay! __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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