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Subject:RE: Interdepartmental Projects From:"Oja, W. Kelly" <w -dot- kelly -dot- oja -at- verizon -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 10 Sep 2003 09:28:24 -0500
Gene wrote:
>Unless you have direct management control over the budget you're being
>paid from and the authority to redefine your own job description, you
>should refer their requests to the person you're reporting to in
Operations.
>Let the people who are currently causing the "friction" work it out
with
>each other and tell you what their decision is.
That is exactly what happened. For a short time I was... caught in the
middle.
