Oh dear, I spied the red exclamation marks. But I’m on leave. I know I should not respond.
For the person asking, it seems preposterous that for an organisation as big as ours, there is only one product owner for the central communications tool used by all staff.
Thus have they copied in another in the hope they will be able to help them. But alas, they will merely defer to me.
No, this has been my life for a decade now, subjected to red exclamation marks whenever I take time off work.
By now, I know not to grumble or complain, for virtually every specialist role of any note is performed by a single employee.
Sorry, if you must jump up and down, take your gripe up with finance, or the exec, whose decision it is to grant or withhold.
I’ve done my part, setting out in great detail the case for a multidisciplinary team to increase capacity. But it’s a case that consistently falls on deaf ears.
Perhaps that’s my fault for being far too eager to respond to the red exclamation marks. Maybe if I was less reliable, it would make a better case for the need.
As it is, I will inevitably log in surreptitiously, despite claims to be on holiday, to address the woes of the complainant.
A complaint which mostly seems to be about how much work they have to do. Welcome to my world.
Last modified: 22 September 2024
