Reply to: Dealing with arsey people!

[nomadd]

Dear [sic].

Sorry I couldn't make it in today as I am [sic].
Hopefully tomorrow I will be less [sic]

[sic] truly,

[sic]

Can I see your sic[note].

[Rabotnik]

I have turned teams around from knuckle dragging sloths to motivated superstars. When I leave, at least one person has gotten a promotion and the entire team has been recognized by upper brass.

I shall be stealing these lines to go on my CV in the part where I talk about being a highly motivated team player.

[snarfblat]

Presumably the person that fired you?



Only joking, admirable sentiments indeed.

lol no, I always fire myself at the end. They wanted me to stay on perm and I just said no thank you.

[Antman]

You aren't just making yourself look good but you are making others look good too.
I get the troublemakers involved and the games go away.

I have very high expectations and I have gotten the most surly curmudgeon on board. It takes a bit of psychology on them.

People want leaders not whinging crybabies.

Get the troublemaker on your side. Ask them for assistance with something. Assign them something important.

I have turned teams around from knuckle dragging sloths to motivated superstars. When I leave, at least one person has gotten a promotion and the entire team has been recognized by upper brass.

Presumably the person that fired you?



Only joking, admirable sentiments indeed.

[snarfblat]

its some sort of swear filter + replace on this forum.

see if you can guess what is being replaced...

Dear [sic].

Sorry I couldn't make it in today as I am [sic].
Hopefully tomorrow I will be less [sic]

[sic] truly,

[sic]

[snarfblat]

And I certainly try to also. Because I can't be arsed. Not interested at all in making myself look good.

And yes, got to keep the permies happy...

But pisses me off when a fellow contractor plays the game and tries to make themselves look good in front of client to others detriment. Unfortunately, the bob variety seem very anxious to ensure they look good and to be fair, they are very good at it - better than me.

But its different being a contractor. Client generally does not want to hear the whinging about others.

You aren't just making yourself look good but you are making others look good too.
I get the troublemakers involved and the games go away.

I have very high expectations and I have gotten the most surly curmudgeon on board. It takes a bit of psychology on them.

People want leaders not whinging crybabies.

Get the troublemaker on your side. Ask them for assistance with something. Assign them something important.

I have turned teams around from knuckle dragging sloths to motivated superstars. When I leave, at least one person has gotten a promotion and the entire team has been recognized by upper brass.

[CheeseSlice]

tulipty [sic] face to face." mean in the English language?

its some sort of swear filter + replace on this forum.

see if you can guess what is being replaced...

[helpFul]

Please translate your post into English

Most people now days [sic] hide behind emails. They don't have the balls to get tulipty [sic] face to face. Next time you get an email, pick up the phone to him or even better go and see him to discuss his response. Most email shiftiness is weak people or mis [sic] interpreted

What does "[Most people] don't have the balls to get tulipty [sic] face to face." mean in the English language?

[CheeseSlice]

Most people now days hide behind emails. They don't have the balls to get tulipty face to face. Next time you get an email, pick up the phone to him or even better go and see him to discuss his response. Most email shiftiness is weak people or mis interpreted

Absolutely agree, deffo try this before anything else. Before getting speculative about who you've upset, conspiracies to oust you, etc. the old fashioned telephone method works most of the time for me.

[JoJoGabor]

Most people now days hide behind emails. They don't have the balls to get tulipty face to face. Next time you get an email, pick up the phone to him or even better go and see him to discuss his response. Most email shiftiness is weak people or mis interpreted

[SimonMac]

Alas a stroppy guy at ClientCo was the straw that finally made me reject an extension, even though I was told by several people they would look away while I hit them with a shovel if it meant I stay, long and short is I moved into contracting for the flexibility, I have made a lot of money being here for 11 months so I don't need to put up with arsey people if I don't want to, I will stay professional to the end but in the end I look after me and me alone.

[woohoo]

This particular contractor aint argumentative, they're just rude to everyone, not polite, and generally, very sly.

just give him a big hug and tell him its going to be ok. I bet that's all he needs and I'm sure he will thank you. Try it.

[psychocandy]

Obviously, I dont whine about client to the actual client....

[northernladuk]

But like you said, no-one likes a contractor who whines about others eithers so I'm aware of this.

or their clients....

[psychocandy]

I hired a contractor who was pretty argumentative, made for a horrible atmosphere within the team. He used to pick silly fights and text me at the weekend complaining about other perms/contractors.

I couldn’t get rid of him as we were desperate for the piece of work to be done.

I tried every approach I could think of, reasoning with him, being nice, being hard etc.

I did some research on the internet and there are just people out there who are argumentative for no good reason. It's not you, the rest of the team, it's just him. In the end he was made to work from home and when his contract was up and the work done he was shown the door.

Much as you want to don't lose your temper with him, I did with this geezer and threatened him - spoilt my weekend.

This particular contractor aint argumentative, they're just rude to everyone, not polite, and generally, very sly.

But like you said, no-one likes a contractor who whines about others eithers so I'm aware of this.