"Come with me, go places."
It's been awhile since I made you guys make a major life decision for me. But here goes....
So there is a meeting for work in Chicago on Halloween. It's with a partner company of my organization, and the partner company really, really wants someone from here to go. The logical choice is me, because it's a program/partnership I manage. Though one I hopefully won't continue to manage completely in the future. Normally, I'd shrug my shoulders and go and sit in this meeting and do all that hand shaking and whatever. Except... Halloween! I'd fly in Tuesday afternoon, have to go to a dinner with everyone, spend the whole next morning and afternoon working and get on a plane home that evening, with no time to see the city or visit anyone or anything. And I did sort of have plans for Halloween... namely, going to Bob's house and sitting on his porch, carving pumpkins and handing out candy, all of which I was really looking forward to. Since I don't have a front porch and kids never come to my house.
One of the VPs asked me if I wanted to go, and I told him, truthfully, that I was conflicted, since it was Halloween and all. So he offered to go. Which sounds like a perfect solution, except 1) He's really not going to be an asset for us there. And I sort of want to curtail his future involvement in this project, especially at such a microlevel. 2) It looks bad to have someone go who isn't me, both inside my office and to the partner company.
The meeting itself is probably not that important. What's being decided on is not a huge deal for us. It's more about our having a presence there at all. We could easily just tell them no one could go, and I could offer to call in instead. I've got enough work backed up that I can argue pretty easily that I can't miss two days. And certainly I don't cherish the idea of having to dress up and play that whole business worker role... hell, even if I were going to get to see some of Chicago, that might be fun. But I'm not... Sigh. What say you...?
Poll Should I Stay or Should I Go Now?
So there is a meeting for work in Chicago on Halloween. It's with a partner company of my organization, and the partner company really, really wants someone from here to go. The logical choice is me, because it's a program/partnership I manage. Though one I hopefully won't continue to manage completely in the future. Normally, I'd shrug my shoulders and go and sit in this meeting and do all that hand shaking and whatever. Except... Halloween! I'd fly in Tuesday afternoon, have to go to a dinner with everyone, spend the whole next morning and afternoon working and get on a plane home that evening, with no time to see the city or visit anyone or anything. And I did sort of have plans for Halloween... namely, going to Bob's house and sitting on his porch, carving pumpkins and handing out candy, all of which I was really looking forward to. Since I don't have a front porch and kids never come to my house.
One of the VPs asked me if I wanted to go, and I told him, truthfully, that I was conflicted, since it was Halloween and all. So he offered to go. Which sounds like a perfect solution, except 1) He's really not going to be an asset for us there. And I sort of want to curtail his future involvement in this project, especially at such a microlevel. 2) It looks bad to have someone go who isn't me, both inside my office and to the partner company.
The meeting itself is probably not that important. What's being decided on is not a huge deal for us. It's more about our having a presence there at all. We could easily just tell them no one could go, and I could offer to call in instead. I've got enough work backed up that I can argue pretty easily that I can't miss two days. And certainly I don't cherish the idea of having to dress up and play that whole business worker role... hell, even if I were going to get to see some of Chicago, that might be fun. But I'm not... Sigh. What say you...?
Poll Should I Stay or Should I Go Now?