One of my team is missing

Pre-cursor: At the end Xmas, there was a little argument about one of my team, Paul, having to get permission from not one but 2 people, whilst everyone else could do exactly what the liked. Suffice to say, Paul, not happy at already getting the chop at the end of Jan decided to get another job after Xmas.

After Xmas I come to work and Paul is not here. Paul and I are close friends so I know exactly where he is and why, but since Flakey shoved his oar in and made the unilateral decision to side with the abuse of Project Management's power and then banned Paul from working from home at all without even telling me (but of course Paul told me instead) I wanted to ask what was going on. If it sounds petty, I suppose it is....

I can't stop people behaving like idiots it appears.


From: Me
To: Flakey
Subject: Paul

Richard,

Can you please explain precisely what the score with Paul is now because I am confused. I know he said he is at home owing to his back problems but I also read that he is not allowed to do any further work whilst at home. Specifically:

When does his contract finish?
Who decided he cannot do any work from home?
When was this decision taken?
Why was it taken?
Who authorised the decision?
Does this decision apply to all Desktop staff?

Mike

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It takes another email of "RSVP" for me to even get a reply 4 days later.

From: Flakey
Sent: Jan 9th
To: Me
Subject: RE: Paul

Mike,

Paul is currently unable to travel to work in Toxania as, his back sounds very painful and serious indeed for which he needs to recover fully before even getting into a car by all counts. The work currently assigned is to be completed onsite - therefore in Paul predicament, he is unable to comply.In regards to Paul's current contract this finishes end January 2007

Regards

Flakey
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Seeing he is responding to email I quickly reply:


Flakey,

As you are available at your PC, do you use a calendar so I can look when you are busy or out and know roughly when to expect a reply. I expect people to reply the same day at least, but in some cases you wait several days before I get a response. If I didn't know better I'd think you were ignoring me, but I know you are not that petty. I just want to set my expectations.

Thanks,

Mike