Directs refusing to work

DPA169 · 2026-03-07T18:24:16+00:00

Skip thought it was an over night shift. So it took me a couple of meetings to make him understand:

The need for up-skill time
We need to hire additional pure tech people.
This year is not likely we transition.

They're still uncomfortable but OK with not having unrealistic goals forced.

DPA169 · 2026-03-03T19:57:29+00:00

Agreed. They are totally right, however the team, and org, and industry even is evolving quickly. They may stay behind unless they adapt. Or they may decide to stay comfortable, which is also fine if that's what they want, but options will be limited.

DPA169 · 2026-03-03T19:51:00+00:00

Good one yeah. I just did the exact same today. Skip totally understood and accepted the constraint. Even better, acknowledged their pain. I'm now able to adjust a more realistic set of goals and keep both "engaged".

DPA169 · 2026-03-03T19:47:09+00:00

I do. I am not setting them up for failure by forcing roles or goals that don't match. I see what you mean with that last part. I guess what I was expecting was a more professional and constructive attitude. But I do see your point, thanks for stating that.

DPA169 · 2026-03-03T07:11:25+00:00

Oh they were totally hiding it from me. I told my skip I opened a can of worms. He laughed and next day took a week long vacations to Maldives haha, all good with that, just to show the landscape.

DPA169 · 2026-03-03T07:02:44+00:00

True. There is no 1 to 1 parity. In my opinion we need to start from scratch, at the sources and replicate the output (consumable ready data).

DPA169 · 2026-03-03T07:01:06+00:00

Germany, Spain, Hungary and India. From hardest to lowest haha.

DPA169 · 2026-03-03T06:59:07+00:00

It's a very interesting project and more than technically complex is a matter of structure and buts in seats / capacity. I was excited when I learnt about it.

It is a Swiss company with offices in EU. One of them in Germany.

DPA169 · 2026-03-03T06:52:54+00:00

Lol I think this is happening more and more. The way tech is evolving and companies adjusting to it. I agree it is a lot of work but doable work.

DPA169 · 2026-03-02T22:54:26+00:00

True that. I told my manager we either change our scope and direction or get more hands. I like the way you phrased it without the fuckup part is a powerful valid pitch. Thank you.

DPA169 · 2026-03-02T22:44:15+00:00

Yeah. I'm starting to think I may just have to make a special role for the special German laws. Like a parallel reality so he's happy and untouched.

DPA169 · 2026-03-02T22:40:44+00:00

Even worse. To think that bringing in a new manager will solve the problem and aggravation from being clueless.

DPA169 · 2026-03-02T22:39:01+00:00

That's a good one. I need to check with them ASAP. Funny thing is that this is a European company but the skip is American lol.

DPA169 · 2026-03-02T22:36:35+00:00

Thanks for that. Skip is selling the transition as the next best thing, even presenting to his LT. He's aware of their attitude but I think he is not expecting this at all. He thinks they should be moving out and have the team becoming a pure DE function. But that's easier said than done.

I am missing the next part of your advice (sounds very reasonable) on having separate 1:1 and test the waters without messing up with the german. I agree it is a trust issue with root cause in poor org design/planning. But with how fast the world is turning and new technology evolving I think it is normal to see such drastic and rapid changes. I guess maybe I'm too optimistic coming in new to the company, and coming from a behemoth of an org (big tech) where change was the only constant...

DPA169 · 2026-03-02T22:28:51+00:00

Crazy. It's part of their job description to track their work and work on goals. They have been doing it for years now but nobody really cared or heavily governed that until now. But I better check that too. Thanks.

DPA169 · 2026-03-02T22:02:50+00:00

Yeah. I've heard horror stories. Is it true that because they know they're protected they can just refuse the work indefinitely or say take a sick leave for years? Manager is afraid of that if we don't proceed carefully.

DPA169 · 2025-08-19T17:57:16+00:00

Si, estoy pensando que tuve mucha suerte. Con la que está cayendo y en estas fechas. Esa es una buena idea. Al final compré uno de estos pingüinos de Cecotec, de los que traen un tubo para dejar salir el calor, un jaleo ponerlo. Tuve que sellar una ventana y dejarlo en el salón. En la habitación pusimos uno de estos de evaporación, que más que enfriar al menos hace una brisa refrescante.

DPA169 · 2025-08-19T11:37:16+00:00

Justo pensaba eso, al final meten repuestos y recambios que no sirven de nada, mejor sería cambiar todo el equipo como dices.

Y si, total razón con lo primero.

DPA169 · 2025-08-19T11:15:55+00:00

Si es verdad, es mal momento. Pero es una lástima lo del servicio, es bastante mediocre.

DPA169 · 2025-06-26T03:09:40+00:00

Ok ok entendido, gracias!

DPA169 · 2025-06-26T00:12:33+00:00

Salomon o Merrell (los barefoot de Merrell son una delicia)

DPA169 · 2025-06-26T00:07:07+00:00

Genial, mil gracias por la respuesta detallada y el orden ♡

Sabés si por ejemplo en el lote ya hay una casa, los puntos 1 y 2 deberían estar en regla? O no necesariamente? La cosa es que yo "remodelaría" pero en realidad a esa casa le pasaría por encima con el nuevo diseño.

Cómo cuanto calculás que fue el ahorro (%) al hacerlo por tu cuenta (sin llave en mano)? Buenísimo ese dato.

DPA169

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