my job is full of suck arses!

[vash]

holy crap..what a bunch of whiney beatoches.

i work for gubmint. we are like the army in that there is a clear chain of command. happens all the time to me.

i was asked to write a creative essay by the end of the day (no easy task, you've seen my spelling and grammar) by some big boss way up there...i was asked to forward it directly to him to enter into some engineering award contest thing. i did it and sent it up..every boss below this guy bags on me and asked my, "why didnt i just send it to him/her so that he/she could forward it on up?"

same with photos..i take pictures all the time to keep up my past hobby..and it helps me remember crap. the dude 3 guys down from the governor asked me for a photo. send it directly to him..ooooookkkkkkkk!

i did. my direct supervisor just told me i should have sent it to him, so he could forward it. WTF?

i wish i could win the lottery..i could use some real "eff you" money right now.

[Shaun @ Tru6]

you should open your own restaurant.

[oldE]

"why didnt i just send it to him/her so that he/she could forward it on up?"

I think the proper response to that question would be:

"When my boss', boss', boss says do it this way, I do it this way."

or

"I asked him if I could just forward it through you, but he said he wouldn't trust you to sit right way round on a toilet seat."

Have fun!
Les

[stomachmonkey]

Lots of reasons for it, some are insecure supervisors, some are control freaks, some just like process.

I like process. I have a traffic person in my group and a custom online request system for the company to send in their needs.

IF you send an email or make a verbal request of a member of my team and do not cc/inform either myself or my traffic mgr then your request will not be fulfilled.

If one of my staff fulfill your request outside proper channels they get a talking to.

Several reasons for this.
1) Often the request is off hand and lacks pertinent information that delays the timely completion or causes the due date to be missed. Can't tell you how many times the requester simply says, "well I told so and so and it did not get done".

2) The request is last minute because the requester knew about the project but did not get around to submitting with enough time to get it done. They don't like the paper trail which reveals they dropped the ball.

3) Sometimes my team is not yet aware of information that is in flux that may change the nature of the project so by doing it too early it's wasted time/effort when the parameters change.

Had one last week.

One of my guys was on vacation. Someone else in the company who was working from home that week forwarded a request from my UK office for some assets required for the product to be certified for release in Australia.

Because it went directly to the guy on vacation and neither myself or traffic mgr were cc'd the request did not get addressed until a week later which will cause a 3 week delay in the US, Latin America, UK and Australia/New Zealand street date.

Missing the street date means all the in store marketing initiatives will be over and gone by the time the product arrives. We'll get hit with penalties from retailers if there is an ad in their circular, that's $50k a pop.

And retail will likely cut orders.

It's not insignificant.

How would I handle your situation?

Give your Supervisor a heads up that so and so made a direct request of you and that you will CC him/her when you send it thru.

[Evans, Marv]

When I was still working, the administrators above me would pirate my work/ideas/suggestions/etc. and hand them on to those above them as their own. So I got to where if I submitted anything, I'd do a follow up email and CC all the idiots that would possibly hand it in as their own. It was funny how a bunch of them got miffed about it. I hate how some people suck off of the work, ideas, and energy of others to try to suck up to advance themselves. Amazing how many do that though.

[Noah930]

Originally Posted by vash

i wish i could win the lottery..i could use some real "eff you" money right now.

Mega Millions is up to $123 mil for this weekend's drawing...

[tabs]

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

Lots of reasons for it, some are insecure supervisors, some are control freaks, some just like process.

I like process. I have a traffic person in my group and a custom online request system for the company to send in their needs.

IF you send an email or make a verbal request of a member of my team and do not cc/inform either myself or my traffic mgr then your request will not be fulfilled.

If one of my staff fulfill your request outside proper channels they get a talking to.

Several reasons for this.
1) Often the request is off hand and lacks pertinent information that delays the timely completion or causes the due date to be missed. Can't tell you how many times the requester simply says, "well I told so and so and it did not get done".

2) The request is last minute because the requester knew about the project but did not get around to submitting with enough time to get it done. They don't like the paper trail which reveals they dropped the ball.

3) Sometimes my team is not yet aware of information that is in flux that may change the nature of the project so by doing it too early it's wasted time/effort when the parameters change.

Had one last week.

One of my guys was on vacation. Someone else in the company who was working from home that week forwarded a request from my UK office for some assets required for the product to be certified for release in Australia.

Because it went directly to the guy on vacation and neither myself or traffic mgr were cc'd the request did not get addressed until a week later which will cause a 3 week delay in the US, Latin America, UK and Australia/New Zealand street date.

Missing the street date means all the in store marketing initiatives will be over and gone by the time the product arrives. We'll get hit with penalties from retailers if there is an ad in their circular, that's $50k a pop.

And retail will likely cut orders.

It's not insignificant.

How would I handle your situation?

Give your Supervisor a heads up that so and so made a direct request of you and that you will CC him/her when you send it thru.

And we wonder why the Chinese are eating our lunch in business and our government is going broke.

[vash]

Originally Posted by Noah930

Mega Millions is up to $123 mil for this weekend's drawing...

done.. dog eared a jackson

[tabs]

Originally Posted by oldE

"why didnt i just send it to him/her so that he/she could forward it on up?"

I think the proper response to that question would be:

"When my boss', boss', boss says do it this way, I do it this way."

or

"I asked him if I could just forward it through you, but he said he wouldn't trust you to sit right way round on a toilet seat."

Have fun!
Les

The first suggestion is the GOOD GERMAN routine, I vas ORDERED by zeee Chief Cheese to do it that vey...

The 2ND is just funny

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

Give your Supervisor a heads up that so and so made a direct request of you and that you will CC him/her when you send it thru.

Excellent. Keep the Sup in the loop. If he's not happy about the way things are done he'll have to complain up the chain of command, not down to you.