Timeline for Handling Protective Overworked Employee
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| Oct 27, 2022 at 12:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackWorkplace/status/1585602236809461766 | ||
| Oct 25, 2022 at 20:01 | comment | added | Zach | I'd encourage you to consider if you're really confident that the developer's push back is because he fears being made obsolete. Based on your suggestions he may feel that those choices will slow things down further, and he may be correct (see: Brook's Law). Obviously I can't speak for him or the accuracy of your assessment of him. I just bring this up because it is a common developer/manager miscommunication point and I see some of the red flags for that miscommunication here. | |
| Oct 20, 2022 at 15:21 | comment | added | nvoigt♦ | If you are being asked to overhaul the site... and the person actually doing the overhaul is not in your chain of command... you need to go back to your boss and tell them that you cannot possibly do this task they are asking of you. | |
| Oct 20, 2022 at 7:14 | comment | added | Gregory Currie | Why are you not working with his manager to determine what the most viable solutions are to this problem? | |
| Oct 20, 2022 at 5:52 | answer | added | nvoigt♦ | timeline score: 3 | |
| S Oct 20, 2022 at 3:51 | history | edited | Adam Burke | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Added more context; copyedited for clarity
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| S Oct 20, 2022 at 3:51 | history | suggested | EskimoJoe | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Added more context
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| Oct 18, 2022 at 19:54 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Oct 18, 2022 at 19:30 | comment | added | InBedded16 | @EskimoJoe you're in charge of the site, but there's a developer who doesn't report to you, and he's overworked with more projects coming, but there's no way to get him help without replacing him? I think you've left out a lot of relevant info about the situation that would help someone suggest the correct course of action. | |
| Oct 18, 2022 at 17:05 | comment | added | BSMP | @EskimoJoe Are you and OP the same person? | |
| Oct 18, 2022 at 16:50 | comment | added | EskimoJoe | We’ll the issue is that I am in charge of the site and am accountable for generating sales from it. I’m being asked to overhaul it but this is a roadblock | |
| Oct 18, 2022 at 15:49 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Oct 18, 2022 at 15:07 | answer | added | bethlakshmi | timeline score: 1 | |
| Oct 18, 2022 at 14:56 | answer | added | jwsc | timeline score: 1 | |
| Oct 18, 2022 at 14:51 | answer | added | InBedded16 | timeline score: 1 | |
| Oct 18, 2022 at 14:39 | comment | added | sf02 | Is this developer, due to being overworked or whatever other reason, somehow preventing you from doing your job? | |
| Oct 18, 2022 at 14:28 | comment | added | Philip Kendall | "he thinks it will replace him or make him obsolete" Is this fear justified? | |
| Oct 18, 2022 at 13:52 | history | asked | John Kelly | CC BY-SA 4.0 |