sour?

care to explain?

 

hard to summarize, but i work for higher-ups and take care of their "paperwork". our firm gets hired out to clients such as anything gov't related (i.e. DoD, navy, etc.) as well as other companies. we have these "officers" who are really high up take care of negotiating w/ our firm's clients and getting stuff prepped so we can do work for whoever. well, i take care of entering in all the contractual stuff, which is a pretty massive amount of info

i have a total of 4 officers to brief that have been assigned to me. im in the middle of a mid-year assessment (only for first-year noobs. usually assessments are annual) and our firm requires we get feedback from about 20 people. well, one group sent in their replies and it was not good. they blamed me for everything, lol. ranging from all sorts of delays to lack of "client service"

total BS. i dont do everything on my own; i rely on a network of staff for each officer-base, and these guys that replied are already known to have not so responsive staff. so these delays or whatever else arent my fault. i hound them down and i get no replies...

so anyway, my manager sits me down yesterday w/ my other supervisor and tells me all of this. they think im incompetent and that by now (7 mos into the job) i should have a handle on things. but I DO. i dont understand why these jerks would call me out like that, almost like passing down the blame

the "future of my career" is on the line, as they say, and if i dont show any "noticeable improvement", then they may need to seek alternative routes for me. total crap. but see, this is more than just me making sure that i do my work. obviously, in these peoples' eyes im an untrustworthy worker who has a rep of being a mess. wtf

now ive got all eyes on me, cuz if these officers talk to the head honchos above MY dept, we're all screwed. its so unfair. :wtc:

sorry it was so long h:

 

Well if you are sending emails, and you have outlook, put read reciepts and tag the ones that you didnt get replies to.

Dont be a victim in this. I had the same sort of situation in a job before, and I am telling you dont let them do it. Take responsibility and show them you are not the one accountable for delays in contracting.

 

yeah, i feel you. ive got several emails that have all the times/dates of when things were sent and replied back to. at the same time, i literally have hundreds upon hundreds of archived/sorted personal folders and taking the time to retrive them would be teh ghey. but yeah, i told these fools im waiting to hear back from the other groups, cuz if they think i suck, then hey, maybe im really not cut out for this stuff. ive done my best, and i guess it aint enough

OTOH, if they come back w/ all thumbs up, then obviously thats gonna speak volumes for me. so ive got my fingers crossed :hs:

 

Welcome to the corporate world where it's not your performance that will get you ahead but it's a matter of how well liked you are. You need to brown nose and kiss ass as much as possible even if you don't want to otherwise you're out the door. I've seen way too many compentent and knowledgeable people get canned just because they're not liked or whatever.

 

:sad:

i feel like this is whats happening to me. there are people who've been around for more than 2 yrs that dont do as good a job as i do, but they seem to fly under the radar just fine. im 23. im too young for this...

buuut, im resilient. we'll see what happens :hs:

 

one of my dad's dogs, hoss, he is dead now, but he would go hide under the cars in the garage when it would storm. im surprised he fit. a golden retriever.

 

In a previous job, I had a fixed contract for a job.

The contract was for 500 hours.

I had the first prototype done at 43 hours.

It went through 8 major revisions because we didnt have requirements (we literally started with a drawing on a napkin), and the customer was changing major, major functionality between revisions, thus something I shouldn't have been responsible, but it all fell on my shoulders.

I have washed myself of that experience and chalked it up to the corporate world and people having existing relationships with me being the new guy.

 

i'm in the morning thread

 

:hugglez:

your alive!!!!!