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Strongly disagree. I think this is the cynical view, and I'm sure is valid in many companies, but raising potential issues early is really important - other peo

Strongly disagree. I think this is the cynical view, and I'm sure is valid in many companies, but raising potential issues early is really important - other people can't fix problems if they don't know about them. It sounds like you have visibility into a problem that others may not, tell them! Don't assume people already know. Like some of the other posts said - be real. If people don't respond well to this then the company has a bigger problem than a slipped schedule.

qaq 8y ago
This is not cynical this just reflects how the world is.
- musage 8y ago
  No, it's one persons decision to help make their part of the world so, excuse it with "that's how it is", and ignore all the people living in the same "world" and having completely different outcomes, because they retained the integrity others got tricked into giving away. My experience with honesty is sometimes some added initial challenge, sometimes less challenge, and always a long tail of payoffs. Meanwhile, some people cheat each other and themselves in the hopes for some material gains that they hope will give them some charisma, because they threw the natural charisma that comes from a fully developed person away in the beginning, as a price of admission -- and then it never does. Of course, if everybody went the same route, if everybody also sold out their own person, then nobody would realize what shadows of their potential these people have become, and that's why they try to drag everything into this pit of cowardly dishonesty. But even if everybody suffered from their affliction, their suffering wouldn't be lessened, therefore it's better to not join them in their suffering. Oh, and that's not being cynical either, it's just being cold. Being cruel would be working on "immortality", so people can get what they ask for, forever. You know, as in the curse variant of "may you live a long life (as the pathetic person you are)".
ljw1001 8y ago
You could be right, but in my experience it is extremely unlikely that the lead is the only person who realizes that the project is going to be late. One sign this isn't healthy environment, frankly, is that no one has (apparently) asked the lead how he/she thinks the project is going. This also suggests that they already know and/or don't want to know.

qaq 8y ago

This is not cynical this just reflects how the world is.

musage 8y ago
No, it's one persons decision to help make their part of the world so, excuse it with "that's how it is", and ignore all the people living in the same "world" and having completely different outcomes, because they retained the integrity others got tricked into giving away. My experience with honesty is sometimes some added initial challenge, sometimes less challenge, and always a long tail of payoffs. Meanwhile, some people cheat each other and themselves in the hopes for some material gains that they hope will give them some charisma, because they threw the natural charisma that comes from a fully developed person away in the beginning, as a price of admission -- and then it never does. Of course, if everybody went the same route, if everybody also sold out their own person, then nobody would realize what shadows of their potential these people have become, and that's why they try to drag everything into this pit of cowardly dishonesty. But even if everybody suffered from their affliction, their suffering wouldn't be lessened, therefore it's better to not join them in their suffering. Oh, and that's not being cynical either, it's just being cold. Being cruel would be working on "immortality", so people can get what they ask for, forever. You know, as in the curse variant of "may you live a long life (as the pathetic person you are)".

ljw1001 8y ago

You could be right, but in my experience it is extremely unlikely that the lead is the only person who realizes that the project is going to be late. One sign this isn't healthy environment, frankly, is that no one has (apparently) asked the lead how he/she thinks the project is going. This also suggests that they already know and/or don't want to know.