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I'm supportive. Feel free to ping me and I'll see if I can give you some pointers of how to make some progress on that ask.

by davidu 8y ago

hitekker 8y ago
> Feel free to ping me and I'll see if I can give you some pointers of how to make some progress on that ask Spoken like a true Cisco executive. You could have just said "I'm supportive but it's out of my hands." Or perhaps, no reply at all.
- davidu 8y ago
  I take that as a compliment. I really like working with almost every single one of my peers. I'm not responsible for the buildings or teams in SJC15 and the OP knows that. The people who work with me at Cisco know that when I say I'll help, I do.
  - hitekker 8y ago
    It wasn’t. Caveating your offer of support three or four times signals hostility not helpfulness. Any rational actor reading that statement would assume you’d forward their message onto HR without a real response. And make note of the complainer in question. If you can’t be concrete with your words, why even bother?
    - peterwwillis 8y ago
      I'm not normally one to defend upper management, but that's a dick thing to say to someone who probably genuinely wants to help, but isn't authorized to pay for and ship an expensive snack machine into a random building in a giant company. "I'll see if I can give you some pointers of how to make some progress on that ask" probably means "I'm not the god damn office facilities manager, and I'm not spending my limited time and social capital to quarterback your request for you, but I'll see if I can figure out who in god's name in this 70,000+ person company you should talk to, and tips for how you might convince them to change their budget to give you free snacks".
  - jf 8y ago
    > The people who work with me at Cisco know that when I say I'll help, I do. The same can be said for people who know David outside of Cisco too. I know David from SHDH, EveryDNS, & OpenDNS. He's a man of his word.

I'm supportive. Feel free to ping me and I'll see if I can give you some pointers of how to make some progress on that ask.

by davidu 8y ago

I'm supportive. Feel free to ping me and I'll see if I can give you some pointers of how to make some progress on that ask.

hitekker 8y ago

> Feel free to ping me and I'll see if I can give you some pointers of how to make some progress on that ask Spoken like a true Cisco executive. You could have just said "I'm supportive but it's out of my hands." Or perhaps, no reply at all.

davidu 8y ago
I take that as a compliment. I really like working with almost every single one of my peers. I'm not responsible for the buildings or teams in SJC15 and the OP knows that. The people who work with me at Cisco know that when I say I'll help, I do.
- hitekker 8y ago
  It wasn’t. Caveating your offer of support three or four times signals hostility not helpfulness. Any rational actor reading that statement would assume you’d forward their message onto HR without a real response. And make note of the complainer in question. If you can’t be concrete with your words, why even bother?
  - peterwwillis 8y ago
    I'm not normally one to defend upper management, but that's a dick thing to say to someone who probably genuinely wants to help, but isn't authorized to pay for and ship an expensive snack machine into a random building in a giant company. "I'll see if I can give you some pointers of how to make some progress on that ask" probably means "I'm not the god damn office facilities manager, and I'm not spending my limited time and social capital to quarterback your request for you, but I'll see if I can figure out who in god's name in this 70,000+ person company you should talk to, and tips for how you might convince them to change their budget to give you free snacks".
- jf 8y ago
  > The people who work with me at Cisco know that when I say I'll help, I do. The same can be said for people who know David outside of Cisco too. I know David from SHDH, EveryDNS, & OpenDNS. He's a man of his word.