Timeline for How can I politely tell a fellow contractor that I'm very disappointed in the effort he's put into an assigned task?
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| Oct 30, 2018 at 6:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackWorkplace/status/1057150277176954880 | ||
| Oct 25, 2018 at 7:21 | answer | added | Diane M | timeline score: 0 | |
| Oct 24, 2018 at 23:58 | history | edited | Andrew | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 23, 2018 at 18:14 | comment | added | DaveG | @Andrew any chance that your contractor is just insecure and has trouble getting started on things because sometimes he isn't sure how to proceed? I know I can sometimes get into a mode where I bounce back and forth between different ways to proceed. | |
| Oct 23, 2018 at 18:06 | history | edited | Andrew | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 23, 2018 at 16:05 | comment | added | Bobson | @Andrew - I honestly don't have a clue how to deal with it. If you think that it's a real possibility, I suggest either editing it into the question here, or accepting one of the answers below and asking a new one specifically on that front. | |
| Oct 23, 2018 at 16:00 | comment | added | Andrew | @Bobson yes certainly. Assuming that's the case what are some ways i can communicate to fix the situation without being too aggressive? | |
| Oct 23, 2018 at 15:26 | comment | added | Bobson | @Andrew - You mention that you have an daily online scrum. That implies that this contractor is remote from you. Is it possible that their work is inconsistent because they're actually working two jobs, or otherwise not being honest about the time they spent on it? I don't want to make unfounded accusations, but if the setup is such that it's possible, it's worth considering. | |
| Oct 23, 2018 at 3:46 | comment | added | Andrew | @Lycan it's a daily stand-up, in which you report on progress and note any blockers. This is a pretty common thing in the software world. Everyone does it -- myself included -- so it's not like I'm singling him out for special attention. | |
| Oct 23, 2018 at 2:14 | comment | added | user78094 | Have you tried backing off on the constant prompting? I don't deal with people who want updates every single day. That's about as good a work environment as prison. | |
| Oct 22, 2018 at 21:23 | comment | added | corsiKa | If you're going to have a daily standup, his "what I'm doing today" should be small enough that a reasonable developer has a very good (80%+) chance of getting it done today. If the "today" is something that you expect to take a week, that's bad because it will drag out. | |
| Oct 22, 2018 at 21:13 | answer | added | gnasher729 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Oct 22, 2018 at 21:10 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Oct 22, 2018 at 19:39 | history | edited | Andrew | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 22, 2018 at 19:12 | comment | added | Maigen Thomas | @Andrew I feel like you probably already know this in the secret parts of your heart, but if you're going to manage the delivery of a product as a lead developer/product manager, you are going to have to deal with and accept a certain amount of necessary confrontation. When he says "I'm working on it." ask for more details, until he gets used to offering more details about what, exactly, 'working on it' means. | |
| Oct 22, 2018 at 19:09 | answer | added | Chris Stratton | timeline score: 5 | |
| Oct 22, 2018 at 18:16 | comment | added | Andrew | @MaigenThomas yes, I can do that but there are underlying politics to consider. Long story short, I'd rather avoid any kind of blame or confrontation. | |
| Oct 22, 2018 at 18:15 | history | edited | Andrew | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 22, 2018 at 18:14 | comment | added | Maigen Thomas | @Andrew then you've got every reason and authority to say to him directly what you've said here. "Your efforts are substandard, and before I say something to our mutual employer, I'd like to find a way to light a fire under you and get you to produce better work. What is going to be an effective way I can help you do that?" | |
| Oct 22, 2018 at 18:10 | comment | added | Andrew | @MaigenThomas He knows. I'm the guy who's been writing the tickets and handing them out for several months. | |
| Oct 22, 2018 at 18:09 | comment | added | Andrew | @Dan It's more that on this latest task he took over a week to produce only a few hour's worth of code, even after me asking regularly how it's going. I don't want to accuse him of deliberate malingering, but he was well aware this was a priority task. | |
| Oct 22, 2018 at 18:06 | answer | added | UnhandledExcepSean | timeline score: 3 | |
| Oct 22, 2018 at 18:02 | answer | added | jcmack | timeline score: 7 | |
| Oct 22, 2018 at 17:55 | comment | added | Maigen Thomas | does he know you are the person he's indirectly reporting to, as the project manager/lead dev? | |
| Oct 22, 2018 at 17:54 | comment | added | Dan | Is his problem the speed of his deliveries? It sounds like since he lacks work, he expands out issues longer to have work to do. If that is the issue, then can he find more work? | |
| Oct 22, 2018 at 17:37 | history | edited | Andrew | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 22, 2018 at 17:28 | history | edited | Andrew | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 22, 2018 at 17:22 | history | asked | Andrew | CC BY-SA 4.0 |