Timeline for How can I deal with troublesome Professional Engineer?
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| Aug 11, 2021 at 0:54 | comment | added | CoffeeTableEspresso | There's no "changing the approval strategy" here. Certain things legally must be signed off on by a P.Eng, end of story. You can't just have someone else sign off on it because it's cheaper. | |
| Mar 10, 2016 at 22:25 | history | edited | Wesley Long | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 9, 2016 at 15:48 | comment | added | Old_Lamplighter | You're obviously a good person because you don't think like a total jerk. Conversely, I must assume that I am less so, as I can think of far worse things he could do. At this point, I would negotiate with the P.Eng until I could replace him, but they need to clear up the bottleneck. They can't fire him for cause because while he is causing a bottleneck, he is not doing so through anything that is actionable. I would pay him to go away, hire a P.Eng to replace him, take the most knowledgeable EIT and promote him to assist the new P.Eng to get him up to shop standards and move on. | |
| Mar 9, 2016 at 15:27 | comment | added | NotVonKaiser | The engineer in question is refusing to sign off on anything and creating a bottleneck that threatens to affect the entire company. How is this anything but "full attack mode"? There's very, very little more that he can do to screw the company over at this point. | |
| Mar 9, 2016 at 15:03 | comment | added | Old_Lamplighter | Yeah, but this dog isn't in full attack mode yet. He's just blocking entry to the house. Throw him a bone, get in the house, find a new dog. | |
| Mar 9, 2016 at 14:58 | comment | added | NotVonKaiser | Sorry, man, but that analogy fails. If a dog is attacking you, a bone's not going to stop it. Unless, of course, you hit it over the head with the bone. | |
| Mar 9, 2016 at 14:54 | comment | added | Old_Lamplighter | Yeah, but if you throw the dog a bone, he might stop attacking. The P.Eng is in a position where he can bring operations to a halt by doing everything by the book, leaving them without recourse. They need to appease his anger of they will get nothing done. It's pure pragmatism, IMO. | |
| Mar 9, 2016 at 14:43 | comment | added | NotVonKaiser | It kind of seems to me like the dog has already stopped snarling and started attacking though. If they can get the guy to do his job for a couple months then sure, appease away, but I'm not sure they're even at that point anymore if he's out and out refusing to do his job in a way that is making the company stop in their tracks. | |
| Mar 9, 2016 at 14:03 | comment | added | Old_Lamplighter | +1 Agree mostly with a caveat. The PE has to be appeased to stop the bleeding. This has become political, and the man is smart. He now has them in an untenable position. In a case like this, I'm reminded of the old Will Rodgers quote about politics being the art of saying "nice doggy" while looking for a rock. This company is just looking for the rock | |
| Mar 8, 2016 at 18:38 | history | answered | NotVonKaiser | CC BY-SA 3.0 |