Don’t get me wrong I really do like working remotely. However, being able to walk to a person’s desk when they have been ignoring your emails is power move I miss having access to. I have been emailing this guy for two weeks and getting nothing. I have been including his manager on the emails, still getting nothing. The next person up is the CFO and I have already been told no I can’t include them on the email thread.
Clearly this is not a business priority so treat it as such. So when shit hits the fan and they try to blame you, you toss the other person under the bus before it hits you.
Even when I worked in an office, I would send ALL my important correspondence via email. An email provides CYA evidence. Talking to someone in person does not.
Edit: if it’s really that important and your still not getting answers, YOUR supervisor should be the one pitching a fit at the party’s concerned. Making sure you can do your job is their job.
CYA is very important but some time you just need to get shit done and this is where we are at. My manager and director are both working it too.
Okey dokes good for you but your company’s problems with getting an employee to care are not our problems and they’re probably not even your problems.
Forcing working from the office is nothing more than a means of controlling the working class and fuck that.
That’s a power move?
With all due respect, the few times I’ve had this happen to me I just think of the person coming up to me as a whiny bitch, especially if the matter is such a low priority as to not get a response.
If I have to come to you desk to ask for something I have likely lost respect for you and I don’t care that you think I am a whiny bitch. Different business units have different priorities, but you should still set the expectation of when you will be able to get to it.
Is it the other guy’s responsibility to set the expectation on when to get to it?
If it is stopping you, then talk to your supervisor/boss/manager/whatever. It’s literally their job to “unstuck” you, especially when it’s due to differing business priorities (i.e. red tape).
As another comment has mentioned, if it truly is a priority than at least with digital communication you’ve established a paper trail. In person confrontations diminish the length and quality of this trail.
I have been emailing this guy for two weeks and getting nothing. I have been including his manager on the emails, still getting nothing
Sounds like it stopped being your problem then.
Never really was my problem to begin with. I am going to write my report with or without his information, its just that lot of people will be angry about the report without his information. But even then, its still not my problem because he will be the one that has to address the issues in the report.
