An exec was appalled by the low productivity on my project, so he ordered an audit. This resulted in productivity dropping even further, as I had to spend time documenting my time.
The PiP meeting was to be with the exec, my manager, and myself. The meeting was deferred 19 (nineteen) times by my manager because of a last minute crisis. This fact wasn't lost on the executive. And in the meeting, which was supposedly about "my" performance, the exec demanded the manager justify the fact that my documentation showed 85% of my time was spent doing unplanned work that was assigned to me that wasn't listed in the schedule.
Of the 19 meeting deferments, only 3 of them were related to project items that were on the schedule; the other 16 were unscheduled. So, he ordered the manager to include all those activities in the schedule. My manager's response was "if I put all those activities in the schedule, it would push the schedule back by over a year".
My PiP was approved with no actions, a second person was assigned to the team two weeks later, and it was announced that my manager was moving to another group shortly after. I can't say for certain this was cause and effect, but I have my suspicions...
I once had a remote work project where I'd dial in from home and work all day on the company's software. Once a week I had a status meeting where I'd have to dress up in a suit and tie and drive 25 miles to the corporate campus to meet with my supervisor and anyone else he pulled into the meeting. They should have been quick meetings but they weren't.
This ate up so much time on Status Meeting Day that my project manager had me account for it on my weekly report.
At some point they decided they needed two status meetings per week. I obliged, but my weekly progress went down, so that came up as a topic during a status meeting. My answer was, "Oh, well, I'm spending twice as much time in status meetings every week, and I can't work while I'm driving."
After reviewing my weekly reports, they went back to only one status meeting per week.
Yes I have the same problem. My company wants me to document each little job I do, some of which actually take less time to perform that it takes me to document on our companies absolutely horrible software. I was actually moved to another location because they looked at a spreadsheet and said, "he's only doing one or two items per day."And my response was, "who do you think is completing all the work orders on the schedule?"
Been there, done that.
An exec was appalled by the low productivity on my project, so he ordered an audit. This resulted in productivity dropping even further, as I had to spend time documenting my time.
The PiP meeting was to be with the exec, my manager, and myself. The meeting was deferred 19 (nineteen) times by my manager because of a last minute crisis. This fact wasn't lost on the executive. And in the meeting, which was supposedly about "my" performance, the exec demanded the manager justify the fact that my documentation showed 85% of my time was spent doing unplanned work that was assigned to me that wasn't listed in the schedule.
Of the 19 meeting deferments, only 3 of them were related to project items that were on the schedule; the other 16 were unscheduled. So, he ordered the manager to include all those activities in the schedule. My manager's response was "if I put all those activities in the schedule, it would push the schedule back by over a year".
My PiP was approved with no actions, a second person was assigned to the team two weeks later, and it was announced that my manager was moving to another group shortly after. I can't say for certain this was cause and effect, but I have my suspicions...
Ouff..
I once had a remote work project where I'd dial in from home and work all day on the company's software. Once a week I had a status meeting where I'd have to dress up in a suit and tie and drive 25 miles to the corporate campus to meet with my supervisor and anyone else he pulled into the meeting. They should have been quick meetings but they weren't.
This ate up so much time on Status Meeting Day that my project manager had me account for it on my weekly report.
At some point they decided they needed two status meetings per week. I obliged, but my weekly progress went down, so that came up as a topic during a status meeting. My answer was, "Oh, well, I'm spending twice as much time in status meetings every week, and I can't work while I'm driving."
After reviewing my weekly reports, they went back to only one status meeting per week.
Been there and passed this shit.
New to project, had no idea about tech stack, bad reevaluation from seniors and sent to PIP.
Hire two project managers for monitoring him.
This little maneuver is going to cost us…fifty meeting years. 🫠
Cue the GIF of Pam chanting "No more meetings! No more meetings!"
Yes I have the same problem. My company wants me to document each little job I do, some of which actually take less time to perform that it takes me to document on our companies absolutely horrible software. I was actually moved to another location because they looked at a spreadsheet and said, "he's only doing one or two items per day."And my response was, "who do you think is completing all the work orders on the schedule?"
*How long till I retire?*
True story
But it’s on us to protect our energy, time, focus and dedicate them to the work that brings value and results.
The problem is when other people are are taking over our time & energy.
How do you approach these situations?
All the time! I’ve found the problem, and my solution is to make it worse.
i feel this has happened to me