Lead engineer is ignoring emails and refusing to communicate because of personal quarrel.
Asking for my gf. Shes a PM who had a friendship with her projects lead engineer, and would hang out outside of work together. They got in an argument about sonething outside of work, and totally unrated. Well i guess he didnt care for how she handled the argument cuz now he completely ignores her at work.
The engineer is responsible for keeping her informed about the technical portion of the project, and making sure all the different engineering groups are working well together (sonething like an SDE3 or Senior Engineer at Amazon).
The guys now ignoring her emails, blocked her on chat, doesnt attend meeting, nothing! Now my gf is getting heat from her boss cuz the projects going sideways and she doesnt know whats happening. Shes had to start talking to other engineers on his team, and ccing his boss in all her communication to get anything. On top of that the guy sends her multiple emails a say where he harasses her with sassy, insulting emails. Nothing clearly HR violations, but obviouly trying to get under her skin.
I really need advice on how to handle this. Its been goi g on like tbis for like 3 months now. I have never had an issue like this. She doesnt wanna blow the issue up with bringing in HR, plus she thinks they wont do anything. She just needs a way to get the job done without delaying the project anymore.
TLDR: lead engineer stopped all communication with the PM cuz if personal issues, engineering tasks arent getting done. Need advise on how to handle the situation.
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So do you for posting for gf. Let her post her own shit. 😈
😂
Email the engineer, cc the manager - see if the response comes or not ;)
If need be she can take this to HRBP as last resort for consultation not as a formal complain unless she has some solid proofs.
Probably better than if the project falls apart :/