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I'm genuinely puzzled why the lie was needed. They do some shadow work and build an in-house solution to replace a vendor. I get that. But why lie after it's
by mattpallissard 2y ago
I'm genuinely puzzled why the lie was needed. They do some shadow work and build an in-house solution to replace a vendor. I get that. But why lie after it's done? Why not "Uhh, hey boss, we're already done."
Or did I misread something?
- unnouinceput 2y agoCTO had personal connections with the vendor. I suspect personal means the wife or sister was there and they had this as a family business. You know "here is money from my company that go to your company and each of us will get a big pie off it" type of shady deal.
- Fin_Code 2y agoIf they said they were done then the next work would be demanded with holidays cancelled. By padding they got time off.
- CRConrad 2y agoAs I understood it, they weren't quite done. They were at, say, 90%, and confident they could do the last 10% after holidays and before release. But the CTO insisted on Death March-style hours, so the author told the CTO they were at 80%, and then doled out the milestones from 80% to 90% over the week his team was away. Had he said "Uhh, hey boss, we're already at 90%", the CTO would have said "Great, then work 26/8 over Christmas to get to 100%!".