I really need help, advice and wisdom from yall.
So, scene is this: I was doing a big task, like more important than other tasks I was working on. It was officially owned by my lead, but I was working on it since last week. This week I received couple of more things from her and due to some misunderstanding I prioritized those two things over the bigger task. Today in the sync with her, I let her know not much progress was made on her task, but other 2 are done. I am not sure if she was disappointed but she took over from me and said since it was officially assigned to her, she will need to get it done much sooner.
I have never faced a situation like this in my 4 years of experience. My tasks are usually done before planned deadline, or on deadline. I have never faced this kind of situation and I am not sure how this will look for my profile to my lead and manager.
Is this really bad? Did I wrecked my entire performance and confidence in me? How does this look to you?
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If you have a squeaky clean track record like you say then it should hopefully just be a blip. Your lead might be sensitive to this kind of mishap in the future but it shouldn’t tank your entire relationship. If your lead is good, they’ll blame themselves for not communicating correctly / not checking more frequently
In the future, I always triple check things like this in writing: “just confirming you want me to step away from this one project that we previously agreed on is most important”
In the long run, it’s not a big deal. You worrying about it is probably a good sign that you’re a conscientious person and coworker. Just apologize and maybe be extra nice for the next week or two while the sting fades