"njp1589" (njp1589)
05/20/2015 at 10:23 • Filed to: None
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"njp1589" (njp1589)
05/20/2015 at 10:23 • Filed to: None | 1
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In about 45 Minutes, I will be entering a lovely meeting in which I will be torn limb from limb by my company’s “best” client because their project didn’t meet their budget. And thanks to my lovely boss, I’ll be the one taking the majority of the flak, because my items seem to be “off the metric.”
Nevermind that the market has gone insane down here and prices are wildly fluctuating.
Nevermind it’s so busy that it’s hard to find people to even do the work.
Nevermind that this client won’t rein in their designers to keep the costs reasonable.
This is of course, my fault.
Rant over. Here’s a car.
CalzoneGolem
> njp1589
05/20/2015 at 10:27 |
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Someone has to take the blame. Might as well be you.
StingrayJake
> njp1589
05/20/2015 at 10:28 |
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RIP :(
BeaterGT
> njp1589
05/20/2015 at 10:29 |
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Good luck man.
Sn210
> njp1589
05/20/2015 at 10:29 |
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Good luck!
SaveTheIntegras
> njp1589
05/20/2015 at 10:29 |
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good luck sir
JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
> njp1589
05/20/2015 at 10:32 |
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Yup. I don’t even get to actually spend money... in my line of work (Small print production operations manager / process engineer (but not an actual engineer, just the only person who can even remotely begin to do that job in this company...) I am given a price point and a product requirement and told to make it. thats *ALL* I am given. not equipment, not a budget, not a staff. i can spend for raw materials within the price point, but as everything we make is custom and one-off I often put customer product out the door with sales sample materials. seriously.
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njp1589
> CalzoneGolem
05/20/2015 at 10:35 |
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I guess so.
It’s frustrating that their expectation is completely unrealistic, so even though I can defend why something costs as much as it does, they won’t care.
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njp1589
> JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
05/20/2015 at 10:36 |
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The amazing part is that this is all preconstruction. Not a speck of dirt has been moved yet for the project, and I’m already facing the firing squad.
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CalzoneGolem
> njp1589
05/20/2015 at 10:47 |
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This meeting probably isn’t a good time to defend yourself. Have a one on one with your boss after you cool down and explain everything to him. It is possible everyone knows what’s up and they are just sacrificing you to appease the vendor.
One time I got yelled by a client for a project I had nothing to do with.
Trevor Slattery, ACTOR
> njp1589
05/20/2015 at 10:56 |
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I always remind myself when going into these meetings that I am a salesperson, my job is to make the client as happy as possible.
Keep it as positive as possible, and try to find something good to take from it.
AntiSpeed
> njp1589
05/20/2015 at 11:03 |
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Off the metric eh? We’ll have to have a dialog around some ideation where we can architect some outside-the-box solutioning. That’s just the tip of the iceberg though. We’ll then circle-back and touch base, communicate some goal-oriented, customer-focused analyses that will really get our ducks in a row.
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njp1589
> AntiSpeed
05/20/2015 at 11:16 |
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I recommend a synergistic approach.
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JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
> njp1589
05/20/2015 at 11:50 |
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oy.
bryan40oop
> njp1589
05/20/2015 at 23:06 |
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Just say these words
THANKS OBAMA