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- What is a polite way to ask for a status updateAs a busy geek, my gut-reaction to "status update" requests (even if I have the self control not to say so) is "if you people stopped bugging me for status updates, planning meetings, review meetings, "catch-ups" and the rest, I might actually have time to do stuff!". "Status update" requests often fall into one of three categories:
- communication - How to handle myself with a coworker who keeps ...When he interrupts you, instead of replying with "Get out of here", or trying to scare him off with a comment like "If I weren't insane: I couldn't be so brilliant!", just refer him to the your status sheet and say something like. I'm sorry Bruce, I'm really busy, I've got all of my current status updates on the "J" drive.
- Should I ask my boss about a progress of promotion process?If you're simply looking for the standing and responsibility, it seems your peers already consider you to be higher than your current official status, so it would be prudent to wait for management to catch on. It doesn't look like you were promised anything concrete so asking about it may come off as you feeling entitled to something, which ...
- At what point does the "job offer waiting game" become a red flag?Since then, the recruiter keeps initiating communication and sending status updates every so often, with apologies for the delay (he didn't explicitly say the reason, but it sounds like end of quarter issues, red tape, etc). He's made it very clear that I'm still their choice candidate and they're not interviewing further people for the position.
- How to give effective daily report status to Client in daily scrum ...A scrum standup meeting is not the same as a status report. It's supposed to be short information exchange about the status of the team members, focussing on problems that a team member cannot solve alone. If all went well yesterday, your contribution could be. Yesterday I was working on task T1 of feature A.
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