You are a first-year employee working on a small project with a tight deadline. You know you are going to have difficulty completing the assigned work in the allocated time. As a newer employee, you don’t want others questioning your time management.
Which statement is MOST like how you would respond?
And
Which statement is LEAST like how you would respond?
• see if someone else on your team can help you. Suggest that you share your assignment load to get the work done on time.
• double your efforts to get the work done as soon as possible , but track that extra time you spend. After the work is complete, inform your supervisor of this extra time, to help with resource planning for future workloads.
• talk to your supervisor. Tell her you think the deadline is unrealistic and provide an estimate of how much extra time you need to complete the work.
• try to make good impression and avoid drawing attention to the problem. Put in extra time to complete the work during evenings and weekends this once.