Current Events > Frustrating colleague bullshit

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Me: Hey, [client] called asking about X issue, what was the status of that?
Him: Oh they haven't given me enough information to progress it.
Me: Have you followed up?
Him: I was just waiting for them to get back to me.
Me: Actually just looking at the email trail now, the client did get back to you with everything you need, that was 3 weeks ago.
Him: Ah I didn't notice that. Yep I can pick it up from here.

This was 3 weeks ago. He's on holiday now and I'm checking his handover notes. Guess what he had to say about X issue? "Client hasn't provided enough information, just waiting on client to get back to me."

It's 30 minutes worth of work and it's taken him 6 fucking weeks. Now I have to go present to this client and make up some horseshit and hope they swallow it.
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Godnorgosh posted...

Is he unconcerned about possibly losing his job, or is he so irreplaceable that he can get away with it?

He's probably got the most senior amount of technical knowledge on our excessively complex product, in so the second one.

He called the general manager a "big lady" in reference to her weight and he still has his job. Guy is not going anywhere.
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pinky0926 posted...

Godnorgosh posted...

Is he unconcerned about possibly losing his job, or is he so irreplaceable that he can get away with it?

He's probably got the most senior amount of technical knowledge on our excessively complex product, in so the second one.

He called the general manager a "big lady" in reference to her weight and he still has his job. Guy is not going anywhere.

that guy banged the manager to keep his job

Godnorgosh posted...

Sounds like the dude broke the game of life. Maxed out his sphere grid and now he's just fucking around in the post-game.

I wouldn't quite put it that way. He's 60 years old and working in 2nd line tech support. Guy never developed any depth in programming or general IT skills so instead he just found a particular weird niche in this company. His knowledge is so particular it would be near 100% useless in any other company. He's be honestly screwed if he lost his job. He's like the janitor who's worked in the school for 30 years and knows all the locker combinations by heart.

Nah the maxed-out-his-sphere grid guy I've bitched about a few times before. He's our senior Delphi programmer and the guy does not give a single fuck about courtesy or politeness or processes. But he is the cleverest, most capable guy here.
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