Boring gig driving me nuts

[suityou01]

I think the big problem for me is that my part of the project has turned into a blind alley. I am turning to various sectors of the business for help and either getting people who are prepared to chat but have a noise to signal ratio far too high to be useful, or I get ignored.

No support from management, only nagging and shouting.

[doodab]

I think the big problem for me is that my part of the project has turned into a blind alley. I am turning to various sectors of the business for help and either getting people who are prepared to chat but have a noise to signal ratio far too high to be useful, or I get ignored.

No support from management, only nagging and shouting.

The technique I prefer to employ here is to make it clear to whomever is nagging where the problems lie and explain that you require them to motivate the necessary people or escalate the issues to someone who can. CC them on all relevant emails to the ignoramuses, and CC the ignoramuses boss as well. You will either get a response or a management bunfight / territory marking scrap.

If that doesn't precipitate progress tell them to shove it.

[suityou01]

The technique I prefer to employ here is to make it clear to whomever is nagging where the problems lie and explain that you require them to motivate the necessary people or escalate the issues to someone who can. CC them on all relevant emails to the ignoramuses, and CC the ignoramuses boss as well. You will either get a response or a management bunfight / territory marking scrap.

If that doesn't precipitate progress tell them to shove it.

Done all of the above. There is a glimmer of hope. Although it was funny this morning on the team call when I spelt out all of the problems, being that there is no one to talk to about data architecture. When asked to nominate someone the call went very quiet.

Various people have pledged support, and meetings have been arranged. I'll give it a week, and if we are back to square one they can shove it, as you say.

Another funny moment is when this said "I told you who to speak to". PM gets all arsey and says "Suity, have to spoken to them?"

SY01 : Yes.
PM : Well!!???!

SY01 : They said they aren't technical and can't help.
PM : Oh.

[NotAllThere]

Back in late 1999, I was on a one-year SC contract, that ran out of work after 6 months. I was on a very good rate, during the same time the market had all but collapsed. The client didn't want to let me go, because there might be more work coming up, and it took a while to get good SC people. So for three months the team had almost nothing to do, and no internet access.

To cope with thins, in the morning we read the papers, and did the Times crossword, occasionally augmented with the Private Eye crossword. At lunchtime we had a boozy lunch, and in the afternoon quietly sobered up.

I'd have prefered to be doing real work, but the rate was just too high.