Post #2599331
2026-05-12 13:19 UTC
On Difficult Conversations and ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฝ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐.
Nobody likes telling their manager that a project is running out of money.
I was leading the technical delivery for a complex project involving autonomous vehicle testing. I noticed our labour costs were trending too high.
We were going to hit a wall.
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@alextoth@mastodonapp.uk 2026-05-12 13:19
I raised it verbally. The response was muted. Management hoped we could catch up. I could have stayed quiet and hoped for the best. Instead, I opened a spreadsheet and broke down the remaining budget against the required tasks. Then created 3 scenarios โข One showed the crash. โข Two showed a reduced scope that still delivered value. I presented the data. I didn't use opinions or worries. I showed the math.