Slander

“Morning, Jason,” says Patrick as Jason takes a seat next to Patrick and directly opposite you.

“Jim’s already filled me in on the team’s progress,” says Patrick. “Now I’d like to hear what you think.”

Jason avoids making eye contact with you.

Addressing only Patrick, Jason launches into a tirade of all the outstanding work the team still has to do for the current release. He questions the value of the numerous meetings you’ve set up for the team. Jason describes them as a “complete waste of time” and wonders what you hope to achieve out of them that the team can’t do by itself.

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