electroRF
Member
Hi,
I got a situation at work.
There had been 2 business trips abroad planned in our team, one conducted by me, the other one by my colleague.
Both were scheduled for upcoming weeks.
Now my colleague got pretty sick, and I was requested to take over his business trip.
I don't wanna take it for 2 reasons:
1. I went over all the details with him and I found several holes which might fail accomplishing the purpose of this trip.
2. I'm afraid that while i'm there, someone else will take over my business trip (the one I planned), and I'd be very disappointed if after all the hard work I've put into this trip, someone else will take the credit, while I'm left with so much work on the other guy's business trip since he did not plan it well, and there's not much I can do to fix it at this stage.
I'd like to discuss it with my manager tomorrow, to let him know of the holes discovered in the other guy's plan, and to request that no one will take over my original business trip, meaning they'll hold it until i'm back from the other business trip.
I even intend to ask to have my business trip earlier than the other one, even though I was already informed by a lower-ranked manager (than the one i'll talk to tomorrow) that the other business trip has higher priority.
I'd appreciate your comments on it, and how you think I should approach my manager on this.
Thanks folks.
I got a situation at work.
There had been 2 business trips abroad planned in our team, one conducted by me, the other one by my colleague.
Both were scheduled for upcoming weeks.
Now my colleague got pretty sick, and I was requested to take over his business trip.
I don't wanna take it for 2 reasons:
1. I went over all the details with him and I found several holes which might fail accomplishing the purpose of this trip.
2. I'm afraid that while i'm there, someone else will take over my business trip (the one I planned), and I'd be very disappointed if after all the hard work I've put into this trip, someone else will take the credit, while I'm left with so much work on the other guy's business trip since he did not plan it well, and there's not much I can do to fix it at this stage.
I'd like to discuss it with my manager tomorrow, to let him know of the holes discovered in the other guy's plan, and to request that no one will take over my original business trip, meaning they'll hold it until i'm back from the other business trip.
I even intend to ask to have my business trip earlier than the other one, even though I was already informed by a lower-ranked manager (than the one i'll talk to tomorrow) that the other business trip has higher priority.
I'd appreciate your comments on it, and how you think I should approach my manager on this.
Thanks folks.