Coworker got drunk and missed her presentation
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Anonymous
The backup plan is that the person with the next most involvement gives it on the fly. In NO major company I’ve ever worked for is there an equally prepared backup person in case someone gets killed an hour before the presentation. The understanding is that in such a serious emergency, things will be rearranged. But nobody is planning around someone dropping dead or no showing. |
Anonymous
The next most qualified going through the presentation with the orignal presenter a few times before the day of is the plan here. For regular meeting I agree with you. When you have a 6 month team investment and people flying in, you should not be relying on the next person does it "on the fly." |
Anonymous
Not how things work in my industry at a single top firm I’ve worked for. |
Anonymous
| Text to speech reading off PowerPoint is enough. No one pays attention anyway. They're all hungover too. |
Anonymous
Lol true. Whoever is comparing appearing in court to a 30-60 minute morning presentation at a 3 day customer wine and dine doesn’t really get it. No one is there for the presentations. Yes, they been planning logistics for 6 months, but that’s because you need to reserve hotel blocks and conference rooms well in advance. |
Anonymous
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I have been to 40-50 of these where I orgainized conference. This happens more than you think. I have people cell phones, room numbers etc. Someone should have checked on girl. I blame them as much as girl.
I also can switch schedule, can handle it till they get there. But someone should have been banging on girls hotel room door with a large cup of coffee in hand. |
Anonymous
This. No matter how valuable this person is. |
Anonymous
Some companies aren't good at assigning a proper backup, but it shouldn't be so hard for a coworker to read a bunch of slides at a client relations awards conference presentation and say they're stepping in for the drunk coworker to absolve themselves of blame for not being as polished as the person who was supposed to be presenting. It's not like you're presenting someone else's PhD dissertation... |
Anonymous
+1 Better to get drunk and miss a presentation than get drunk and start a war. |
Anonymous
+1 Clearly the response could be different if this is a one time aberration in the career of someone who has performed well for 20 years vs. someone who just started and screwed up their first big shot by no-showing. |
Anonymous
yeah, i feel like OP has abandoned this thread. maybe because they reviewed the bar video ... |
Anonymous
| Please don't fire her. She is a woman. Her words against yours are going to win every single time. Just let it be. And if you don't promote her in a few months years she will sue you. |
Anonymous
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Op here.
She was taken off work travel (which are all customer facing events or meetings) for the rest of the year. She leads these and usually has a junior person there to learn and assist but in the event it happens again, the junior isn't prepared enough to step in. So, she's been replaced with same-level counter parts for work trips. |
Anonymous
DP: Our events for clients always had double speakers, and we knew both parts. When I woke up with the flu the morning of my presentation; my coworker did my part too. It was hard, but he did it. You never know what will happen to people. If it isn't a part that can be cancelled without too much fall out, you need a back up presenter. |
Anonymous
The world doesn't need more people like you. |