Originally Posted by
sophiegirl
ive debated on whether to go to my project manager and let him know what happened so he can pull the 60+ people from there
I AM a project manager, and in this instance, I might pull my business from the property - but there could also be the chance I would pull some people off the business, if you get my drift.
Originally Posted by
sophiegirl
Grow Up. Lesson Learned. As rahmanbar says, in a business situation it is not only what you DO, but what it appears that you are DOING. There are not 2 sides to the story in a situation such as this - there is only HE said, SHE said. If you think your lobby conversation was embarrassing - imagine how "potential lawsuit" would play. There is no company who wants to be involved in this type of situation - consider that before you report it with the automatic expectation that your project manager will side with you.
+1 to sophiegirl on this one. I'm a PM too, and have run projects of this size and scale, so I think I'm qualified to speak to this episode. If one of my BAs or other staff came to me with a story such as this one, it would be them whose motives I'd question, not the hotel's. I'd probably have to bite my tongue to not laugh if I was asked to pull the rest of the team from the hotel as a form of protest in support of such a person.
It's work, not college, not a night at the bar....and professionalism is the name of the game. Sophiegirl appropriately brings up the "potential lawsuit" question, but here's another....what if one of the people in the hotel watching the dialogue between the OP and the manager worked for the client and recognized the OP? How fast do you think that would have made its way up the chain? Do you want to explain to your company why they just lost what sounds like a multi-million dollar contract? Don't laugh - I've seen it happen for as little as an off-handed remark that was printed out, distributed to what the person thought was a small group, and then made its way to the CIO's team.
Grow up, keep your partying at home, and be glad if this is the end of this situation.