Posted on 11/30/2005 by SouthernProgrammer
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A few weeks ago I was asked by a manager to colaborate with a co-worker on a project to gather data from a shop floor system and send it to a corporate mainframe system for running finance reports.
The co-worker has nearly 20 years of experience on the mainframe system and is part of nationwide users group and is regarded as an expert on the system. The co-worker had
written a routine that would have the mainframe import a file and transfer the data into the ledgers and send out reports.
My involvement was to have the shopfloor system gather the data daily and place a file into a spot where his system would take over.
It was decided the project was feasible and would save the company money and we would first run tests in parallel with their manual methods to compare the output.
So we begin implementation when I am told to stop because a fairly new manager who was hired in the computer services division believes that "something could go wrong".
To say I was speechless is an understatment, this person has NO experience in the mainframe system and is questioning the ability of a known expert and wants to halt the project until meetings can be held because "something could go wrong". When pressed to give an example of what could go wrong, the response was "we just need to discuss this."
IMO, this is an attempt to look good by saying "Well, something COULD go wrong, I better look into it because they may not have thought of everything!".
POST A COMMENTTheNewGuy(11/30/2005)
Reminds me of one of those managers on a spring. You know the ones that come in and want to change everything (or not in this case) and are gone before anything can be done.
SouthernProgrammer(11/30/2005)
Sigh, in the meantime I will attend the meeting with an open mindset in case something comes up that was not thought of. I tend to get annoyed when projects are hi-jacked like this...
Walk the Planks(11/30/2005)
Some woman at work had the nerve to say that to me one day, "If I were you, I wouldn't get out of bed in the morning." I find this comical considering the mouthpiece can't get to work on time every day. I think she's got competitive/jealousy issues.
cnubelevit(12/01/2005)
The Rev. Cnubelevit here. BASIC-ly I would have a cup of JAVA and tell the new mgr. to DOS-omething other than bother you OR-A-CLEver would turn him into a EUNIX.
RedStapler(12/01/2005)
I think I recall hearing about this type of manager. Don't they call this a SEAGULL manager? SEAGULL MANAGER: they come in, sh:ts on the project and leave after they have made their mess!
Cuboner (11/30/2005)
So did you ask why he gets out of bed in the morning -- technically everything has a possibility of something going wrong... with that attitude I'm surprised he has made it to the office.
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