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I have had it with the new pm for my project. We've had to literally write down rules for him to follow on how we want to run our project.
- we always go over time on standup because he's asking everyone specific questions about each ticket we're working on instead of just letting us give our updates. Wrote a rule for not doing that.
- he gets overly excited to get things done to the point that he's approved a PR himself and merged a production release during off hours.
- we're a team of 3 devs but he has 7 big items he wants us to work on concurrently.
- we use jira to keep track of things but he insists on us updating a spread sheet that he made as well. We just straight up told him no but he'll bring it 3 times every week.
- he wants us to write a report of our daily progress in our jira ticket before we give the same updates on standup
- every time I give him an estimate, he tells the clients it's a promise we'll get it done by x date.
- he never pushes back and says yes to everything
- oh here's a funny one, he's "reviewed" my code several times

Idk what to do here anymore. We've literally talked to him about all of these issues. He'll change for a few days and go back to doing whatever he does.

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  • 3
    Ouch that shit OP my condolences
  • 4
    Hmm, he's working hard but just the wrong way
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    @retoor he reviewed my code because he wanted to be more technical. But he won't read the docs to learn how to use our APIs for a simple download. 🥲 So yes, directing his efforts in the wrong places.
  • 1
    Get a Harlekin puppet.

    Put a photo of his face on the harlekins face.

    Let the Harlekin hold a paper sign:

    I'm doing it wrong.

    Just leave it on his desk.

    Buy a few of the puppets, you'll need them, believe me.
  • 1
    This is one interesting rant, looks like the guy is just trying to work hard and shine
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