Initiating work for new opportunity with stupid manager

After logging back to work after a long vacation and connecting from home due to the Covid-19 pandemic situation, I was hoping that I will not get work for a couple of days due to downtime and could some quality time with my family. However, all my hope was vanished within seconds due to messages from my manager, stating that a new opportunity has come with the same old account team and the opportunity had a short turnaround time of 2 weeks. Believing that this opportunity would be ending than anticipated and with no work on my table, I had no other option but to accept the work. The initial description I got from my manager was to collate a few slides on listed topics with a clearly defined storyline and the customizations can be done further with inputs from the delivery team. Again, all his inputs were directed to the trash, and without knowing this communication from the onsite team, I had put in my effort to collate slides that he had requested and created a storyline with my thought process. To know further on how it was ripped off by onsite team, please feel free to check out the blog posts in “G R Team Sites”

Pulled back into old request after vacation

After coming back from my long vacation I felt rejuvenated to work on a new service request as I was not bothered during my vacation days and was completely spending quality time with my family. So, after logging back into the office, I was hoping to get some new work with the new delivery team and prove my ability to complete the service request swiftly without any escalation. However, all my plans ruined within few hours after logging back into the office after a long vacation, I was pulled back into that old service request, which I was working earlier before my vacation and the same old mail thread was reopened again with additional services. I was fuming inside, as I had no other option to transfer this service request to someone else but to support this request. The most annoying part of this service request is that I had to work with the same old people with whom I had issues and had thought conflicts. To know how I tackled this service request, please feel free to check out the blog posts listed in “G R Team Sites”

Surprisingly no work and ruined plan with old work

My manager has conveyed that new work has come and would require a lot of effort for the next 2 weeks and it would be assigned to me. With a record of accomplishment for my manager being completely clueless about the service requests assigned to me, I was completely curious to get further information about the service request and was eagerly waiting for the tasks to begin. The next working day after this conversation with my manager, I called up the delivery person to understand the nature of the work and effort required from me for the next 2 weeks. To my surprise, he was mentioning that the work is a little bit and may need only limited support from my end. I was jumping out of joy, my prediction about my manger had worked out once again and I was looking forward to killing time for the next two weeks. However, again the entire plan of me being without work for next week was ruined by my previous work with the most irritating delivery & account teams. To know more about the ruined plan with the old service request, please feel free to check out “G R Team Sites”

Finally closed out the service request

During my vacation, my manager got furious that whatever handwork he puts on the slide and changes he makes on the slides are thrown out by the onsite team. At one point, he completely ignored the mails from onsite team and was really looking forward for my return from the vacation. So, I finally stepped in after my vacation and the onsite point of contact sent mail directly to me ignoring my manager with required changes to be made in the slide. I had to loop in my manager in the mail, so that they don’t escalate in future transactions. However, I wanted to check with my manager and ensure that he is aware of those mail transactions. This time, he was completely fine with whatever updates or changes I make on the slides and wanted to complete the service request as early as possible. Finally, by close of the weekend the service request was closed from our team and deck was finally submitted to the client. To know more about next opportunity, check out blog posts in “G R Team Sites”