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"Karen E. Black" <kblack_text -at- hotmail -dot- com> writes:
> Two weeks ago, a project I've been working on for 6 weeks was pushed back,
> and I wasn't included on the mailing list. I've been working with the
> technical project lead, project manager, developers and trainers, and
after
> asking to be copied on the original e-mail, I seemed to be the ONLY person
> "on" the project left off the list.
Well, perhaps someone made a mistake and didn't put you on the mailing list.
Or perhaps this person forgot in the rush of things.
> About 6 weeks ago, a new quality assurance manager was hired (my new
boss).
> On the first day she was introduced to and had meetings with the rest of
the
> QA team (QA analysts) and was introduced to all the BAs and had meetings
> with them in the first week. I met her when I walked into her cubicle
> looking for the person who used to sit in there. I introduced myself, we
> shook hands, and we didn't speak again for 4 weeks. This isn't any
> different, incidentally, from my last manager; if we weren't both smokers,
> we would never have spoken at all.
Um...often it is up to YOU to be proactive and "in their face". The squeaky
wheel.
No one is going to manage your career for you.
steve arrants
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