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Overpromising at the Office
Posted on 7/22/15 at 12:22 pm
Posted on 7/22/15 at 12:22 pm
Anyone else finding this to be rampant these days? I can't stand when someone promises they can deliver something by Friday and can't deliver until Tuesday. Multiple times I'll know it's a super tight window so I'll even ask if we need to push back our dates, but they always seem to say they can meet it.
What the hell happened to underpromise and overperform? These young kids got it all backwards, and it makes things much worse.
What the hell happened to underpromise and overperform? These young kids got it all backwards, and it makes things much worse.
Posted on 7/22/15 at 12:24 pm to FootballNostradamus
Do it yourself.
Posted on 7/22/15 at 12:25 pm to FootballNostradamus
Probably has something to do with the type of people who were hired. Fake it till you make it types.
Posted on 7/22/15 at 12:25 pm to FootballNostradamus
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What the hell happened to underpromise and overperform? These young kids got it all backwards, and it makes things much worse.
This isn't just a young kid thing. Owner here is old and does the same shite.
Posted on 7/22/15 at 12:34 pm to FootballNostradamus
I'm not quite sure how I stand on this.
I'll have a solid answer for you by the end of the day.
I'll have a solid answer for you by the end of the day.
Posted on 7/22/15 at 12:37 pm to wheelr
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This isn't just a young kid thing. Owner here is old and does the same shite.
This... more of a problem with older employees that aren't going anywhere and don't feel they need to perform.
Posted on 7/22/15 at 12:38 pm to FootballNostradamus
Girl made it sound like she was gonna blow me. Still waiting....
Posted on 7/22/15 at 12:46 pm to FootballNostradamus
Try giving them a little pat on the arse like athletes do. Report back to us with the results.
Posted on 7/22/15 at 12:47 pm to FootballNostradamus
It depends on the customer.
People always want to please and avoid confrontation. Also, depending on the office environment, if your realistic expectation is unacceptable and someone else is willing to "over promise", regardless of the outcome, you will look bad.
It's basically the same principle as easier to ask forgiveness that permission. Once committed, you can't take it back.
People always want to please and avoid confrontation. Also, depending on the office environment, if your realistic expectation is unacceptable and someone else is willing to "over promise", regardless of the outcome, you will look bad.
It's basically the same principle as easier to ask forgiveness that permission. Once committed, you can't take it back.
Posted on 7/22/15 at 1:54 pm to LSUtigerME
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It depends on the customer.
People always want to please and avoid confrontation. Also, depending on the office environment, if your realistic expectation is unacceptable and someone else is willing to "over promise", regardless of the outcome, you will look bad.
It's basically the same principle as easier to ask forgiveness that permission. Once committed, you can't take it back.
Not really the application I'm talking about.
If I ask someone when they can have something back to me, and they say in a week then I'll plan to review it and have it ready for those above me after that. But if they tell me they can have it by tomorrow and I then tell those above me that we can review by the end of this week then I have to get on this dude's arse for being late when it's only a time critical thing because he promised an unreasonable timeline.
They're putting it on themselves.
Posted on 7/22/15 at 2:10 pm to TigerSaints318
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Girl made it sound like she was gonna blow me. Still waiting....
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