Not Professional
Our company is working on creating a real intranet; there’s an outside contractor that they are working with. Due to slow progress, I’ve been tapped to help on the project outside of normal working hours (for a nice bit of extra pay, of course).
We were supposed to have an online meeting last night to discuss the project. For a week, the date was set, and the contractor was supposed to set up the meeting. Our IT guy emailed him the morning of, reminding him to send out an invite for the rest of us involved. That afternoon, concerned I did not get an invite, also sent a reminder.
Around 8:00 pm last night, I gave up checking for the meeting information. It obviously wasn’t happening.
So this morning, I check the email…at 3:00 this morning, the guy sent an invite for 9:00 this morning. First, our IT guy isn’t even in today! Second, I start the day at 8:30 am. Assuming I check all email right away, this gives me at most half an hour. But I did not even get to respond to the email before the new meeting time.
I declined the meeting, responding to the contractor (copying in the other members) about the unacceptable short lead time.
Also not professional: TSA screener plants white powder on passenger as a joke
Thats the issue; an outside contractor.
But at least now the contractor can now say, hey, I set a meeting time, but unfortunately none of you could make it.
Reply to AllenCan you introduce a virus into the intranet after the project’s done?
Reply to QIronically, it’s not very professional to talk about work problems on a personal website. Doofus, I always knew you were dumb.
Reply to The MascotThat sounds like my husband.
Reply to Mrs. ChessloserI talk about work problems all the time on my blog. well not anymore. but yeah. haha
Reply to annie@Allen: So, you planning on that consulting career anytime soon?
@Q: I like having a job.
@Mascot: Shut up, you.
@Mrs. Chessloser: Are you saying your husband isn’t professional? No way; I’d never believe it.
@Annie: Well, it’s not like you blog too much nowadays anyway.
Reply to DonnieThink of all the times you ended up cleaning up a contractor’s mess or using a contractor’s program with rules that seem to defy logic. How do you feel about contractors after that?
WHAT IS YESTERDAY’S DATE (and make sure not to put in the wrong one or else the system will be totally screwed up and take a few hours to fix and only I can fix it!!!!)?
Reply to AllenHahahaha. Man, that was the worst. How many computers were involved and how many of them had to be restarted. 3 or 4 computers and 1 or 2 had to be restarted.
Reply to DonnieWell, that’s clearly a way to build job security. It’s security through obfuscation.
Reply to Allen