I need advice... what do you do when....?

Question

say you work in a team... and you're in a team meeting where all the tasks on the new projects are given out... and when you get your part you make a note of not having enough information from the client to tackle this task correctly...

and a coworker jumps in saying: YES we do... I will give them to you.

so everyone takes his word for it..

and a couple of days later, you discover that you were right and that you really don't have the information for it, and your coworker falls short of meeting his promises... and now you look incompetent.

what do you do? do you tell your team leader what happened? or do you just take this?... knowing that this coworker is also a friend and you don't wana come across as ratting out ppl... =S

Answer 1

tell your team leader immediately,girl!



co worker is a friend, what a disaster!! i had this prob. once and it was really annoying,,



just because s/he is your friend doesn't mean that you let him/her ruin your work,, or at least make u look incomplete like u said..

Answer 2

c'mon tia..hers what you need to do....ALL THE TIME

you should have sent Mr. know it all an email "reminding" him of what he said in the team meeting and clearly articulating that:

1.you dont have the info

2.you want it from him

3.u cannot work with out the info

the team leader should have been CCed in that email.



now seeing that you probably didnt do that...what you need to do is:

reply to the email you got from Mr. know it all (the email he supposedly sent the information with) and

1.tell him that the info is not enough and

2. ask him if he still has anything he might have forgot to give you

3.mention that you cannot complete that task without the info

4.cc the team leader

5.at the end of the email address the team leader saying

“Team leader (or whatever)please advise “



this way the leader knows wats going no..and that its not ur fault..and at the same time you corner Mr know it all like that rat he is...



bottom line....documentation helps u get away from the stupidity of others..and occasionally rape them

and no. its not ratting ppl out.. ...in work, idiots/losers were made to be stepped on end of story, so wipe your shoes clean.

in case u haven’t noticed i am in a super bad mood thank you very much lool

Answer 3

First, it is best not to distinguish this person as a friend at work. Work is work, and friends are made and hung out with after work. The best action to take in my point of view is 1 Talk to your team leader, and let him/her know of the situation. The leader must find out, although not obligated to take action in such a situation. If your leader doesn't already know about this, then perhaps you need a new leader lol. 2 Speak to that person and let them know of their mistake, friendship put aside, business is business as I mentioned. You can go out with that person right after you converse with them for a cup of coffee or something, just to make sure all is good. 3 Ask of your team leader not to take any action, if you decide to tell him/her. All of this is completely normal during team/group work. As long as everyone in the group realizes their duties and common goal, the group should be fine. I don't know if you have set out rules/norms that govern your group work, but perhaps you should set out some if you don't already have any. =)

Answer 4

Well you should talk to your workmate and let him know that this is a TEAM WORK and in a team whoever try to jeopardize someone else job, not just affected that person but the whole team work...so ask him to keep his promisses and give you the information, and let him know that if he does not do that in the next meeting you will let know the situation to the members of the team...

Answer 5

You should tell the team leader, you cannot hold responsibility for something you already warned about. It's your every right. Rules change at work. You have to tell him what happened. And about your friend, they should understand because this is serious and you do not want to look incompetent.

Answer 6

i feel u use SCRUM as a way for project management right?

anyways i feel since you are working as a team the blame is on the team and not on one member so everyone should be responsible of the outcome. here the team leader should play his/her role and solve the issue...

Answer 7

always separate friendship and work, your co-worker of yours which is a friend made a mistake so why would you look bad and lose any promotion in the future, i would really go and tell your team leader everything and he/she might have a solution for whatever mess your friend got all of your team into

Answer 8

If I was in this place I would just tell the leader that I didn't get enough information.

Answer 9

That's why I hate teamwork.

Whenever I am in a team, I do all the work.

Its not right but I seriously can't help it.

I can't rely on someone else who might not be really responsible.

Answer 10

this is your career and youre building your future, dont ever let anyone even a friend hold you back or cover for them or nothing. friendships arent worth it ive seen too many people sacrifice things for freindships and the friendship ends up going bad in x years anyway and they just missed out on whatever



try doing what aussie said. if they wont accept responsibility, rat 'em out. i mean, youre not exactly "snitching" youre just telling the truth of what happened.

Answer 11

freind or not ..work is work ...!!

1st -talk 2 ur freind & ask he/she 2 find a solution & a quick one if she/he couldn't ....u both go 2 da team leader & ask him 4 da missn info or how 2 get it...but u both have 2 be present & later kick ur freind's ********...wutever u can kick ;PP



wish u luck ya pachmohandisah & dun let ur freindship ruin ur career ;)))

if u need any help u know where 2 find me .....ay khidma ya handasa ;))

Answer 12

whatever your action will be it must result in stopping this from happening again, whatever will get u to this result I think u should follow

Answer 13

oh, hmm well being in hischool, i wouldnt be the *** to be snitchin on whoever, but try to convince one of your coeworkers that they should do this for you,

Answer 14

You take this co worker aside & point out that thanks to him there are deficiencies that need to be rectified & you require HIS assistance to sort it out , and fast !

Don't back off ....