Post #3450204

2026-06-28 05:41 UTC

General sad rant: I'm having a really hard time with some team members who will not respond to queries and requests. It's been about 5 months of back and forth. I can't "fire" them because of the nature of the contract but I don't know what to do and it's making me really stressed. And very sad. I feel disrespected and sad that I'm not getting responses and the project deadlines are just endless. What do you people do? It's a DevOps situation/ #Team #Work #DevOps #Development #Coding

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@NotYourSysadmin@infosec.exchange 2026-06-28 14:30

@raindrops_and_roses@mastodon.social If you're their supervisor, it's time to bring in your boss and/or HR. This is an authority issue, in that they're not respecting yours as team lead, and there's usually no recovering from that. If you're just a peer of theirs, then it's time to talk to your mutual supervisor. I'd frame it in a context of "I'm trying to work with $PERSON on $PROJECT, and they're being unresponsive to questions. It has delayed the project by X weeks so far. How do you want me to handle it moving forward?" Bear in mind, this is advice for a reasonable company in the US. Your locality's laws or legal and cultural differences might make this approach unwise, so above all, make the decision that keeps you the safest.

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