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dennisgorelik) wrote2019-06-29 01:47 pm
dennisgorelik) wrote2019-06-29 01:47 pm
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Remote work discipline
One of Ukrainian programmers I hired one year ago (let's call him "The Dude") took a 3 weeks break for his University session.
This was the third session break already.
The Dude wrote "Session will be finished at 8 of June."
I asked him to focus on finishing session and then come back to work full time.
The Dude stopped replying to our emails (that was ~expected until June 8). But then he did not show up on June 8 either.
So I decided that he decided to silently quit (like it already happened with 2 my other remove programmers I hired in the past).
But no - the dude showed up June 25 (17 days later after the planned end of his University session) as if nothing happened.
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The Dude 2019-06-25 15:34
Hello. I can work again and, as I understand, we need to talk about it.
Dennis 2019-06-26 00:45
Why are you showing up only now? I thought you are gone completely without notice.
You wrote "Session will be finished at 8 of June."
The Dude 15:56
I have some personal problems and spend more time on session. Only yesterday I finished course work)
Dennis 15:56
Why you did not tell us that you had these problems? You could, at least, write an email.
The Dude 15:58
I watched time to time to email and zoom. Nobody ask me, so I decide that no problem.
Dennis 15:59
That is not correct attitude. And in fact, you received emails with direct questions to you, but did NOT reply.
The Dude 16:01
Yes, I saw them.
First about time, which I poorly remember, when I check it.
Second looks like just notice, that Andrey solved crash in another way and I need to review it.
Dennis 16:03
If you do not remember, you should reply anyway. You are not a princess that we all should run around.
I told you multiple times about importance of timely communications. I told you multiple times that you are severely undercommunicating. But you just reject to learn it. So for me it seems hopeless.
The Dude 16:06
I know that, I am not a princess)
I just decide that it's not a problem.
Okay, sorry for that.
Dennis 16:07
Breaking promises is a problem.
The Dude 16:07
What promises do you mean?
Dennis 16:07
Promise to show up on June 07.
The Dude 16:10
I already told, that I have some problems and unfinished session.
I told that I will start to work after session, as we discussed. You don't accept partial work, so I decide to continue when I will can work without delays.
The Dude 16:24
Well, okay, maybe it's better)
About work and time.
Can I send invoice about time, which I worked before delay?
Dennis 16:33
Yes, please send the invoice for the time you already worked.
The Dude 16:33
okay
Dennis 16:34
Deciding to continue with your session and other business was OK.
Not notifying us about your decision -- was NOT ok, and makes you unreliable worker (which we do NOT need).
The Dude 16:41
Okay, understand you.
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This was the third session break already.
The Dude wrote "Session will be finished at 8 of June."
I asked him to focus on finishing session and then come back to work full time.
The Dude stopped replying to our emails (that was ~expected until June 8). But then he did not show up on June 8 either.
So I decided that he decided to silently quit (like it already happened with 2 my other remove programmers I hired in the past).
But no - the dude showed up June 25 (17 days later after the planned end of his University session) as if nothing happened.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Dude 2019-06-25 15:34
Hello. I can work again and, as I understand, we need to talk about it.
Dennis 2019-06-26 00:45
Why are you showing up only now? I thought you are gone completely without notice.
You wrote "Session will be finished at 8 of June."
The Dude 15:56
I have some personal problems and spend more time on session. Only yesterday I finished course work)
Dennis 15:56
Why you did not tell us that you had these problems? You could, at least, write an email.
The Dude 15:58
I watched time to time to email and zoom. Nobody ask me, so I decide that no problem.
Dennis 15:59
That is not correct attitude. And in fact, you received emails with direct questions to you, but did NOT reply.
The Dude 16:01
Yes, I saw them.
First about time, which I poorly remember, when I check it.
Second looks like just notice, that Andrey solved crash in another way and I need to review it.
Dennis 16:03
If you do not remember, you should reply anyway. You are not a princess that we all should run around.
I told you multiple times about importance of timely communications. I told you multiple times that you are severely undercommunicating. But you just reject to learn it. So for me it seems hopeless.
The Dude 16:06
I know that, I am not a princess)
I just decide that it's not a problem.
Okay, sorry for that.
Dennis 16:07
Breaking promises is a problem.
The Dude 16:07
What promises do you mean?
Dennis 16:07
Promise to show up on June 07.
The Dude 16:10
I already told, that I have some problems and unfinished session.
I told that I will start to work after session, as we discussed. You don't accept partial work, so I decide to continue when I will can work without delays.
The Dude 16:24
Well, okay, maybe it's better)
About work and time.
Can I send invoice about time, which I worked before delay?
Dennis 16:33
Yes, please send the invoice for the time you already worked.
The Dude 16:33
okay
Dennis 16:34
Deciding to continue with your session and other business was OK.
Not notifying us about your decision -- was NOT ok, and makes you unreliable worker (which we do NOT need).
The Dude 16:41
Okay, understand you.
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Once I got rid of a partner that was basically hiding, because he was not in the mood to work, etc.
The problem may be also that Russian speakers treat other Russian speakers with less respect than humans are due.
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I got rid of him.
The main reason is that we could not rely on him doing work. If we assign a task to him, the task may be implemented, or not implemented without any report. Things are just getting lost.
Keeping such unreliable dudes on the team is demoralizing.
> Russian speakers treat other Russian speakers with less respect than humans are due
I do not think it was the case.
The Dude simply could not understand the significance of good communication and reliability.
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Regarding whether it was the case or not, I somehow suspect that if his manager/customer's name was Brian or something, he might have acted differently.
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But The Dude is relatively young (early 20-es).