First things first:
I worked with company
in a project for client
, where I was simply a developer that did the tasks defined by company
.
client
then decides that he wants to make his own team after company
contract finishes, so client
contacts me, and after several months, I am part of his team, separated from company
. In the team, there's a randomGuy
who would act as CTO.
randomGuy
is terribly arrogant. Even though he knows nothing about programming and doesn't understand anything technical about the project, he has this prepotent attitude where he questions me about literally everything. But OK, fine; I leave my pride aside and I try to be professional about it.
Situation:
An issue that I had reported several times to company
and was never resolved because company
didn't manage a task for it appears again, since we want to publish the app. randomGuy
asks me about it; I answer what I just said; "company
is well aware of it; if they told you that it's ready for publication, then that issue must have been resolved by them".
A day after, randomGuy
writes to company
:
(My name) made us aware of an issue. I was never told about this and (My name) says that we're still waiting on you to work with us to deal with this.
My problem:
My reaction was "is randomGuy
(unnecessarily) putting me in a position of conflict with company
, who was my client, who has contacted me for other work unrelated to this project?!"
I'm baffled by this. If I were company
, I wouldn't ever work again with a freelancer that not only blames me, but also creates a conflict situation, when it isn't needed at all.
I feel like randomGuy
has hurt my reputation with company
and that I've potentially lost company
as a client, and he has not behaved like a team player, much less like a leader. He could have contacted company
without creating this conflict with me in the center of it. I feel like I need to call him out on this, to be clear that I don't want to work with someone that behaves like this, and that I expect this to be the last time he does something like this.
What are your thoughts? Was randomGuy
attitude unprofessional? Is my reputation with company
irreparably broken? How (and should I) talk about this with randomGuy
?
company
know you, your work, and your work ethic? It's possible they brush it under the rug and ignore it, if they know you are an awesome worker. It's possible they ignore you too, in which case, I'd still talk torandomGuy
sooner, rather than later, about the potential effects and possible legal ramifications (if what he said is not true, and affects your ability to make money)company
knows me rather well, in the periods when I wasn't in the project, it didn't have any progress, so modesty apart, I think I did a good job. So I'm not wrong in thinking thatrandomGuy
wasn't professional? I'll have to work with him the next months but yes, it's in my plans to let him know today that what he did wasn't the best way to do it. Thanks for taking the time to comment!randomGuy
working withcompany
as you were working withcompany
?