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Bad: "I need help with this." Good: "Hi, Sumitra. Can you help me with this or recommend someone who can?" Good: "Hi, $MANAGER. Can you help me with this or r

by kolpa 9y ago

Bad: "I need help with this." Good: "Hi, Sumitra. Can you help me with this or recommend someone who can?" Good: "Hi, $MANAGER. Can you help me with this or recommend someone who can?"

pyrale 9y ago
Bystander effect in a situation that is not critical is a good sign that your company culture is fucked up. That's also on management.
rantanplan 9y ago
What kind of company or culture is that, when someone asks for help from a group and no one volunteers to even suggest to them a person that would be the best candidate to help them? I've never been at such a company and I hope I never will.
- voltagex_ 9y ago
  Sometimes the person who knew how to make it all work has left. Such is the plight of the maintenance programmer.
  - greenyoda 9y ago
    True, but if the person who knows that code leaves, it's the manager's job to designate someone else to be responsible for that code.