Specifically, as project manager, the interviewee was responsible for coordinating the contributions of all other members of the production team. In that capacity, the date of project completion for most projects depended on circumstances out of her control, because even with her following up with each team member appropriately, they still caused delays that were unavoidable on her end.
Generally, most of these projects were not required to be completed by any specific date, as the interviewee was the original source of any anticipated completion dates, based on projected time frames of completion of individual responsibilities of other team members. In virtually all cases, wherever a component task necessary for the project delayed its completion, the project managers simply adjusted the anticipated completion date for the entire project.
The interviewee's immediate supervisor had requested continual formal updates to the production schedule, which made no sense to the interviewee since no project of hers had ever been delayed beyond any actual deadline or in any way by virtue of her failure to perform any of her specific responsibilities. The interviewee accommodated the supervisor's request but admitted in conversation that she failed to see the point. The interviewee understands that doing so was not a good idea under normal circumstances, but relates that by that time, she no longer cared about long-term employment by the firm in that capacity. In retrospect, the interviewee does not regret letting the situation at work develop the way it did, leading to her termination. She describes herself as having a "very limited ability to tolerate people she does not respect. In that regard, the one mistake she...
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