Tuesday, January 3, 2006

why can't deadlines be flexible?

At my workplace we're often reminded about the need to be flexible: "Oh, I don't think you'll be able to take holidays then", "You'll need to work back every night this week", "a pay rise won't be possible at this time but we do appreciate your flexibility." Well, in the spirit of flexibility, I have a few questions. Why can't deadlines be flexible? If I'm running a little behind on that monthly report why can't I push out the deadline to a time that better suits my schedule? Why can't I change the end date on that big project to, oh, I don't know, December 2009? It's a two way street people. Let's see that flexibility working both ways. Mr Boss Man, I'll have that report to you, um…when I get to it. What the workplace needs is zero deadlines that can't be moved.

POSTED BY THE ZERO MOVEMENT AT 12:21 AM