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I have a guy on the team who is unique in many ways. He is the most self-centric person I know. I have never seen such a wide gap between other people's perception of him and his own self-perception. Delutional is the word.
He has good technical skills. That was what made me hire him, even though I knew he had issues with his previous boss. I thought I would be able to bring the best out of him. That was my first mistake. His performance was erratic. He would show good work sometimes and then no progress for a while. He wasn't satisfied with his salary. I tried to get him promoted when I thought he would finally settle down and continue doing good work. But then the period of no progress started again. It was so frustrating. I never managed to bring myself to recommend him for promotion because the period of good work never lasted long enough. Before the Chinese new year, he asked if he could work remotely because his wife was pregnant and they wanted to come to the US to have their baby. I thought granting him this previlege would finally get him on board. That was another mistake. It didn't work out as good as I expected. I finally gave up on him. I would be happy if he left. He was simply not a person I can rely upon.
A few days ago, he asked me if he can come to the US office to work on L1 visas. I was shocked to hear that. He told me again how good he was. I tried to be polite. I told him I knew his abilities well since we worked together for a year. In truth, I thought some of the guys on the team are surpassing him techically because he has too big of an ego to learn from me. But he didn't pick up on it and kept telling me how good he was and how he could help me. What I really wanted to say to him was that I consider him to be near the bottom of the chart. If I can bring half of the team here, he wouldn't be one of them. But I didn't want to hurt his feelings. So I took the easy way out and said my boss ruled out L1 visas for all members of the team.
He has burned all the bridges but he doesn't seem to know it. What do you say to people like that? Maybe the best way is to let them be. It is sad to see anyone so clueless.
He has good technical skills. That was what made me hire him, even though I knew he had issues with his previous boss. I thought I would be able to bring the best out of him. That was my first mistake. His performance was erratic. He would show good work sometimes and then no progress for a while. He wasn't satisfied with his salary. I tried to get him promoted when I thought he would finally settle down and continue doing good work. But then the period of no progress started again. It was so frustrating. I never managed to bring myself to recommend him for promotion because the period of good work never lasted long enough. Before the Chinese new year, he asked if he could work remotely because his wife was pregnant and they wanted to come to the US to have their baby. I thought granting him this previlege would finally get him on board. That was another mistake. It didn't work out as good as I expected. I finally gave up on him. I would be happy if he left. He was simply not a person I can rely upon.
A few days ago, he asked me if he can come to the US office to work on L1 visas. I was shocked to hear that. He told me again how good he was. I tried to be polite. I told him I knew his abilities well since we worked together for a year. In truth, I thought some of the guys on the team are surpassing him techically because he has too big of an ego to learn from me. But he didn't pick up on it and kept telling me how good he was and how he could help me. What I really wanted to say to him was that I consider him to be near the bottom of the chart. If I can bring half of the team here, he wouldn't be one of them. But I didn't want to hurt his feelings. So I took the easy way out and said my boss ruled out L1 visas for all members of the team.
He has burned all the bridges but he doesn't seem to know it. What do you say to people like that? Maybe the best way is to let them be. It is sad to see anyone so clueless.
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