Timeline for How can I deal with troublesome Professional Engineer?
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| Jan 18, 2021 at 11:11 | comment | added | Shadur-don't-feed-the-AI | @gnasher729 It does, however, mean that several someones at the board have... Less than stellar judgement... for promoting an unqualified nephew over a highly qualified and (up to that point) dedicated long time hard worker. | |
| Nov 20, 2018 at 13:09 | history | edited | Peter | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 20, 2018 at 12:56 | history | edited | Peter | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 20, 2018 at 12:00 | comment | added | gnasher729 | The nephew doesn't have the legal qualifications for signing off that products are safe. That doesn't mean he is stupid, but he is not competent to do his job. | |
| Aug 19, 2016 at 13:31 | comment | added | Old_Lamplighter | @peter The OP did say that the nephew was incompetent and has since been relieved of his position. That was in the comments that have since been deleted, but she did say it. | |
| Mar 10, 2016 at 17:35 | comment | added | Peter | @ryan The OP did not state that the person who got the promotion is incompetent or unreliable. Someone not getting a promotion for whatever reason os one thing, but someone being rewarded for sabotaging the company is on a completely different level - it should be very clear that the second event is worse by far to everyone on staff other than the P.Eng. Rewarding people for harming the company can destroy the entire company. | |
| Mar 10, 2016 at 17:16 | comment | added | Ryan | Mmmm @dmckee is right here that train is loooooong gone. Yes being passed on a promotion is a normal thing but being passed on a promotion for someone's nephew is not a normal thing especially when that nephew isn't a P.Eng and the position being hired for is Principle Engineer. And the guy being passed up is a P.Eng and in the words of the OP: "a reliable, hard worker, who've they've never had a problem with". I dunno what message you would get from that, but the one I get is loud and clear "We don't care about qualifications, we want to keep money in the family". | |
| Mar 10, 2016 at 6:22 | comment | added | Peter | @dmckee There can be all kinds of reasons why someone gets passed on a promotion. If there's one promotion and two people who want it, most people realize there will be disappointment. Not promoting someone is a pretty standard thing to happen and sends a weak signal. Promoting someone solely because they sabotaged the company is not a standard thing to happen, and sends an extremely strong signal. | |
| Mar 10, 2016 at 1:56 | comment | added | dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten | I have to say that they have already sent the message that dedicated service gets you nowhere. That train has left the station and they can't fix it. Once this immediate crisis is resolved---and they want to resolve it as diplomatically as possible---they're going to have to start rebuilding the trust of the engineering staff. | |
| Mar 9, 2016 at 18:11 | history | edited | Peter | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 9, 2016 at 18:06 | history | answered | Peter | CC BY-SA 3.0 |