| Another trick management plays is they will ask you for super rough estimates. And tell you that whatever estimate you give doesn't mean anything. So you play safe and give them a super rough estimates and a lot of buffer. And now all of sudden you are invited to meeting to explain your super rough estimates. You remind them that it is just a super rough estimate. They ignore that. Now if you are weak, they will get you to cut your estimate. If you are strong they will ignore your rough estimate. So they create a deadline based on your estimate. You remind them that it is just a rough estimate and deadline seems unfair. They tell you just do your best, deadline is not a super strict deadline. Of course, project scope is bigger and there is scope creep. You are unlikely to make deadline. All of sudden you are being asked why is project going to miss deadline. They tell you you did estimation, you need to meet this deadline. Work extra hours. You try to remind them that you were asked for a super rough estimate but you are ignored. Also your teammates hate you because they think you promised the deadline and now they have to work over weekend to cleanup your mess. |