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Re: Telecommuting availability (was Re: US Professional issues)
Subject:Re: Telecommuting availability (was Re: US Professional issues) From:John Gilger <JohnG -at- MIKOHN -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 15 Oct 1998 14:08:20 -0700
Ellen wrote:
<snip>
For some reason, it may have been a language barrier, the QA engineer he
was working with kept telling the contractor that the document was
completely wrong and he should come to the third floor (where the
engineer sat) and see the software. Of course the contractor kept
telling him he didn't work in the building and didn't have access to the
network. When he asked what was wrong, the engineering was never
specific and gave one or two minor problems.
The engineer escalated the 'problem' to his manager who called me to say
there was a problem with the contractor, he wasn't cooperating, wasn't
doing a good job, etc.
</snip>
It sounds like the major problem was good old-fashioned jealousy.
