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[work] HEY here's an update from the shitstorm yesterday. Hint: It's more shit.
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Previously, on Allison's Boss Has Arbitrary Deadlines:
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Client: [April 25] I need this by May 22nd
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Boss Sara: Allison, do you want to hold off on my Important Project because you have this?
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Me: Nah, it's due May 22nd, I'll wrap yours up and then hit it on April 30th with Elizabeth
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Boss Ray: [5:30am, April 30th] Have this done by noon today.
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Me: Elizabeth, my partner in crime, is out sick today. Can I do end of day tomorrow?
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Boss Ray: Send it to Tina and Kate by 10am Tuesday
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Me: wtf fine
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Elizabeth came back today. We completed the remainder of the searches with her approval, and sent it to Tina going like
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"Hey, here are our preliminary results. Feedback is welcome, we're happy to go back and get more specific if you need us to. This is a first pass, as we noted in our communication earlier. Let us know what the client thinks"
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I should state upfront, this is a new client. The old client, what we did before was do a first pass, send it to them to review, they come back going either "Great!" or "Hey can you get more results in X, Y, and Z?"
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Elizabeth goes to bitch to Ray about giving us a much shorter deadline than promised.
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Comes back to me, goes "Well, the reason Ray wanted it faster was because Tina wants it faster. Because Tina wants to review it beforehand and is going on vacation to the Bahamas part of this week and all of next."
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And I'm like
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motherfucker how is that our problem
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MEANWHIIILE
CricketMomJenn
Whelp.
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Tina - who we have never met before. Is not even in our office. Is not even part of the email chain where we were initially asking last week if May 22nd was the true deadline - emails us back on the results we sent
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AND I QUOTE
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"So I am confused. Does this mean these are not 100% solid and done? We can't send the client results that aren't meaningful and complete. When will they be solid? Also please include [Random person we've never spoke to] in receipt of the final results."
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Fuck. You.
Themme Fatale
oh my god, what a douchebag
necessítea
fuuuck that
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So Elizabeth drafts an email response back, but sends it to Ray first, so that he can tweak her language a bit. Writes a glowing review of my work, says I did the best with the time given and that she was very proud.
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Ray removes all of the language involving me and sends it off to Tina, not only eliminating my part in it, but also making it look like we're the unruly kids and he's the one getting a hold of his team
Themme Fatale
omg
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I'm so mad for you!!!!
necessítea
are you serious
Lady Stardust
coming over to defenestrate Ray and Tina now
CricketMomJenn
WTFFFF
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Which, I get it, partially. Tina does not really care what role I have to play in this. She just wants results. But man fuck off
Themme Fatale
but also... why is ray not AT LEAST PRETENDING to have a team he's proud of and has faith in?
Themme Fatale
like, that just makes him look weak
Lady Stardust
because Ray is plainly a raging dickhole
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:| well this was the boss who jokingly made a comment to me when I tried out for manager position that "there really is no clear path for people on your level to become supervisors"
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And I asked him how he became a manager, he went "I was promoted from your level but at another company" and I'm like "could we do that here" "I....guesss....."
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And nothing ever came of that, so, fun
Lady Stardust
diiiickhole
CricketMomJenn
Dickhole, yup
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One thing I am glad for is Elizabeth, who is a rock-solid bag of awesome
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why would you remove praise from a thing
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that is just straight-up dickitude
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"I'mma actively make everything I say less positive"
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Relevance, probs. .-.
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WHO CARES everyone likes seeing a little "and X was super awesome!" in their emails, it makes them feel like everyone's on the same side and working hard
no mortal blade
WHAT
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Probably because Tina is already pissy that she didn't get these results yesterday
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WHAT A GRADE A PIECE OF SHIT
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(OH I should also say that she did not communicate she needed it by Monday until Sunday night, in a private email to Ray)
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Tina can fuck off, her vacay is her problem
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So I'm not inclined to feel at all kind to her
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She should be primly told that to get solid results you require at least a week's heads up
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And by primly I mean fuck off Tina
Ptriciadactyl
May I please come kick Tina and Ray?
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You may!
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Though you'll have to go to two different places. Ray is with me in Mass., Tina is in Connecticut
Ptriciadactyl
road trip!
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\o/
𝙹𝚄𝚂𝚃 𝙳𝙾𝙽'𝚃
your office is so fucking dysfunctional now istg
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It sucks because the core group of on-the-ground people are just fine. It's these middle managers that are driving the team crazy. I don't know if it's just poor communication and I don't see what they've got going on at their desks, but from the lower level it looks like shit.
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But I still have hope for New Boss. Who is coming back from her maternity leave on May 8th. :3
CricketMomJenn
That is super dysfunctional and crazy.
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Oh shit hang on guys the story has turned
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Ray joined up on our side
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Tina in response to my pushback: To be clear, you only sent the preliminary results to the old client because the client wanted it the next day and requested what you had by then. I had expected the full results
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Ray: [To Tina] Then please provide us with feedback since you needed to see the results prior to sending back to the client. I expect that this is why you want to see it before we deliver the content
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what did I do to deserve being part of an email chain where heads of two departments bitch at each other over work I completed
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because this is popcorn-worthy but also dumb
CricketMomJenn
Indeed
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/drags hands down face
memento☠moray
Oh my god