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I work as an evaluator for project which has been managed or coordinated abysmally. The project coordinator (after doing minimal work for months) has just announced suddenly she will be leaving for a new job within a month and that there are no particular plans to replace her role. The project has been beset by a host of problems including (1) Taking a month of holiday leave at a time and claiming to be unwell when due to return (2) a lack of steer when present including missing update meetings (3) Telling stakeholders and employees delivering on the project different things at different time-points without updating everyone (essentially telling everyone what they want to hear making it a nightmare for all around her to keep track of changing expectations).
I've been told that her role is unlikely to be replaced (The project coordinator very interesting has been dropping hints about how we don't need her for a few weeks, trying to prime us to feeling less shocked or disappointed in her leaving).
I would like to know what I should expect in the coming months and wondered if anyone has any experience of this?
I recently I posted this question is anyone would like to know a bit more context:
I've recently found out that my manager is in fact a "Project Coordinator". I have been told this role differs from a manager as it means that she is not there to tell people what to do, but to coordinate. The problem is, she has been on annual leave and then sick leave, and has told various members of the team to design a project which ideally would take months to design - within four weeks (funnily enough, the time she has been off) without factoring in the need to essentially project manage and think about feasibility. There is utter confusion about this and we are all wary to take on a role that she states isn't hers, but that isn't within our remit either. Many of us are complaining about poor communication across the board and I'm baffled about how to go about clarifying this without sounding blunt and actually asking 'what do you actually do?'. Has anyone got any tips about how to approach this?
*Edit: Some of the advice I've had from one colleague is "It isn't her role to do all the work, so we need to be fair to her" and "This is just the way it is around here".
I've been told that her role is unlikely to be replaced (The project coordinator very interesting has been dropping hints about how we don't need her for a few weeks, trying to prime us to feeling less shocked or disappointed in her leaving).
I would like to know what I should expect in the coming months and wondered if anyone has any experience of this?
I recently I posted this question is anyone would like to know a bit more context:
I've recently found out that my manager is in fact a "Project Coordinator". I have been told this role differs from a manager as it means that she is not there to tell people what to do, but to coordinate. The problem is, she has been on annual leave and then sick leave, and has told various members of the team to design a project which ideally would take months to design - within four weeks (funnily enough, the time she has been off) without factoring in the need to essentially project manage and think about feasibility. There is utter confusion about this and we are all wary to take on a role that she states isn't hers, but that isn't within our remit either. Many of us are complaining about poor communication across the board and I'm baffled about how to go about clarifying this without sounding blunt and actually asking 'what do you actually do?'. Has anyone got any tips about how to approach this?
*Edit: Some of the advice I've had from one colleague is "It isn't her role to do all the work, so we need to be fair to her" and "This is just the way it is around here".
