It had been another hell of a week. Just when I thought this was resolved, it happened again! We finally got the contracts amended and sent out, when our external lawyers informed me that the completion is due to delay again!
The worst thing was that my boss thought I did not inform the other party of anything and started screaming at me, when in the first place, nobody told me that the completion is due to delay and I only just heard it from our lawyers! Sometimes I seriously wonder how the channel of communication here is doing.
The thing is, it is not just a matter of having the contracts amended again, but the more serious issue is that if the completion date keeps delaying, we could not keep on asking the parties involved to keep holding on. Besides, our management is coming down on us to get things going by the end of the year as this project has been delayed for months already.
On one hand, we are under tremendous pressure to get the contracts signed, yet on the other hand, the other department keeps delaying and pushing back the completion dates. We are going to have serious legal repercussions if this goes on.
So finally I have to send out an urgent email requesting people to please stick to a completion schedule as we are going ahead to sign the contracts. We cannot keep delaying especially after we have already confirmed the terms of the agreements and they are about to be signed.
I just pray that the people involved are more cooperative this time and stop delaying so we can at least close some projects by this year.
The worst thing was that my boss thought I did not inform the other party of anything and started screaming at me, when in the first place, nobody told me that the completion is due to delay and I only just heard it from our lawyers! Sometimes I seriously wonder how the channel of communication here is doing.
The thing is, it is not just a matter of having the contracts amended again, but the more serious issue is that if the completion date keeps delaying, we could not keep on asking the parties involved to keep holding on. Besides, our management is coming down on us to get things going by the end of the year as this project has been delayed for months already.
On one hand, we are under tremendous pressure to get the contracts signed, yet on the other hand, the other department keeps delaying and pushing back the completion dates. We are going to have serious legal repercussions if this goes on.
So finally I have to send out an urgent email requesting people to please stick to a completion schedule as we are going ahead to sign the contracts. We cannot keep delaying especially after we have already confirmed the terms of the agreements and they are about to be signed.
I just pray that the people involved are more cooperative this time and stop delaying so we can at least close some projects by this year.
2 comments:
Hey, the way I see this, there's no incentive for the delayers to stop delaying.
Maybe you'll just have to find a way to start timestamping your correspondence. Even if you have to insist that they send you an e-mail (for timing record) after a call to create "accountability".
May still get "scolded for not good reason" by the boss, but at least there's a way to trace the fault.
Its a bit complicated because the project involves overseas law, and since we are not privy to the laws overseas, we can only depend on the lawyers there.
But at times different provinces have different laws, even in the same country, so it gets more complicated when things suddenly change or delay for no rhyme or reason.
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