...People's Egos

Posted by: Gossip Girl 007

For weeks I have been going out of my way to make sure our managers get a good demo of a new product. It was supposed to go live in Oct but since there was no management demo, training scheduled or testing done, I asked for help in getting this pushed back at it did. It will go live this year.

I think I'm doing a good job and I set up the demo for the managers in my office. It was yesterday. They loved the new product and things went smoothly. I unintentionally forgot to include this liaison manager who is involved in the project. He may have asked me to include him when I set up the meeting but I forgot. Today I get a phone call in which he is really pissed and angry, basically telling me that he should have been included so that things flow smoothly. I don't usually get reprimanded at work, so when this happens it upsets me profoundly. I didn't mean to exclude anyone just do my job and get the demo for my managers who are the target audience for this product. I apologized but this phone call made me fill like shit, so when my sister called me on something else I broke down in tears. Hell I never cry at work but this got to me. His tone was so annoyed. He's a great guy and I feel terrible but at the same time I feel annoyed that everything falls on me. Other people knew about this demo and should have told him. UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think there is a "battle of egos" between liaison manager and the person who did the demo presentation yesterday. I sort of knew this but forgot. Seriously people this is Corporate America! WTF!!! Can't you two deal with your issues and work together? I'm left out of stuff all the time. Then eventually they need my help b/c most managers don't know details of every day work, so they have to bring me in. Do I get all huffy?NO!!!! I do my job.

I feel like crap today.