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    #11
    No, which is probably just as well 'cos there'd be at least 2 blokes wandering around here knocked-kneed with tears in their eyes if I was...
    "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
    - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

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      #12
      Originally posted by bellymonster View Post

      Is a boot in the fadge an option?
      If that doesn't work then a roll of carpet, a shovel and a couple of kilo's of lime should do the trick.
      "Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.

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        #13
        Aside from having a fanny and a PRINCE2 certificate, what has she actually done wrong?
        While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'

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          #14
          Originally posted by doodab View Post
          Aside from having a fanny and a PRINCE2 certificate, what has she actually done wrong?
          Overridden her Mute circuitry?

          “The period of the disintegration of the European Union has begun. And the first vessel to have departed is Britain”

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            #15
            Is she fit?

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              #16
              Originally posted by cojak View Post
              No, which is probably just as well 'cos there'd be at least 2 blokes wandering around here knocked-kneed with tears in their eyes if I was...
              But then you'd probably do a good job as a PM and a kick in the fadge would not be required.

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                #17
                Originally posted by Clippy View Post
                Is she fit?
                She thinks she is. But I wouldn't touch her with yours.

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                  #18
                  Originally posted by bellymonster View Post
                  to boot your project manager in the fadge?

                  She is a serious pain in the ass. Even her introduction made me cringe..

                  "Hi, my name's <stoopid bitch>, and I have a prince II certificate, and that's me really"

                  Is a boot in the fadge an option?
                  Sounds like she's nervous and perhaps a little too self-deprecating.

                  There are (at least)a couple of ways forward. You can be helpful and probably have praise in the form of extensions heaped upon you or become an obstacle and expect to be removed.

                  Kicking her in the "fadge" <--- how quaint; is not an option unless you're a soft twat who gets off on hitting girls.

                  Hth.

                  Spod - In "just received another extension" mode.

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by doodab View Post
                    Aside from having a fanny and a PRINCE2 certificate, what has she actually done wrong?
                    Where do I start...

                    She talks to people like dirt and yet gets uppity when people don't respond to her nicely.

                    She sets a dealine for a task, you tell her it's probably not achievable, but she sticks with it regardless and from that point on emails you every 30 seconds asking "is it's done yet".

                    She contradicts herself in every email she sends out, can literally change her orders 3 times in the space of 10 minutes but is totally oblivious to the fact.

                    She's implied on more than one occasion that my work from home days are "days off" and I should think myself lucky.

                    She even admitted that her motto was "20% Ability, 80% Confidence".

                    It makes no difference that she has a fadge, I'd be complaining as much about a bloke PM if he was as bad.

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                      #20
                      Originally posted by bellymonster View Post
                      Where do I start...

                      She talks to people like dirt and yet gets uppity when people don't respond to her nicely.

                      She sets a dealine for a task, you tell her it's probably not achievable, but she sticks with it regardless and from that point on emails you every 30 seconds asking "is it's done yet".
                      This doesn't sound good, is she a permie or a contractor? Assuming she's young inexperienced it doesn't sound like she's done proj mgt before? Are you working in a crap place that tolerates this behaviour? I've worked in a few and it's not good.

                      If it is a 'good' company/org., can you have a dialogue with her superiors or will it back fire? These things need to be dealt with in one way or another.

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