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How bad is this?

Post by Anonymous User » Fri Dec 11, 2020 8:15 pm

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Re: How bad is this?

Post by FormerChild » Fri Dec 11, 2020 8:24 pm

Common question to ask especially if you didn’t copy the mid level, he just wanted to know if he was reading fourth year or first year work product as it’s typically the difference between reviewing quickly and re-writing (depending on the document). You should generally send to the mid level before the senior

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Re: How bad is this?

Post by lolwutpar » Fri Dec 11, 2020 8:25 pm

Did he email you directly to do the assignment and not copy the midlevel? Usually you'd route stuff through the midlevel when you're that junior or at least ask the midlevel if they want to review.

For me, if an M&A deal was a senior, midlevel and junior, I wouldn't expect the junior to be sending work product directly to the senior unless it was blessed by the midlevel.

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Re: How bad is this?

Post by Anonymous User » Fri Dec 11, 2020 8:29 pm

FormerChild wrote:
Fri Dec 11, 2020 8:24 pm
Common question to ask especially if you didn’t copy the mid level, he just wanted to know if he was reading fourth year or first year work product as it’s typically the difference between reviewing quickly and re-writing (depending on the document). You should generally send to the mid level before the senior
Noted on the bold. He actually asked the question post-review, as far as I can tell (because the comments came in fairly quickly after the question), so the purpose seemed to be more evaluative. They are in the process of collecting end of year supervisor reviews right now (not for stubs), so I guess it would make sense to want to know whether it was the fourth year's work product.

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Re: How bad is this?

Post by Anonymous User » Fri Dec 11, 2020 8:31 pm

lolwutpar wrote:
Fri Dec 11, 2020 8:25 pm
Did he email you directly to do the assignment and not copy the midlevel? Usually you'd route stuff through the midlevel when you're that junior or at least ask the midlevel if they want to review.

For me, if an M&A deal was a senior, midlevel and junior, I wouldn't expect the junior to be sending work product directly to the senior unless it was blessed by the midlevel.
Trying not to give too many details, but the senior communicated the assignment to me directly because the midlevel was out of pocket for a few days. I had time to have the midlevel review once they returned, but I just didn't want to put extra work on their plate.
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Re: How bad is this?

Post by lolwutpar » Fri Dec 11, 2020 8:32 pm

Anonymous User wrote:
Fri Dec 11, 2020 8:31 pm
lolwutpar wrote:
Fri Dec 11, 2020 8:25 pm
Did he email you directly to do the assignment and not copy the midlevel? Usually you'd route stuff through the midlevel when you're that junior or at least ask the midlevel if they want to review.

For me, if an M&A deal was a senior, midlevel and junior, I wouldn't expect the junior to be sending work product directly to the senior unless it was blessed by the midlevel.
Trying not to give too many details, but the senior communicated the assignment to me directly because the midlevel was out of pocket for a few days.
Then I wouldn't have expected the midlevel to review. Odd that they asked.

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Re: How bad is this?

Post by Anonymous User » Fri Dec 11, 2020 8:33 pm

lolwutpar wrote:
Fri Dec 11, 2020 8:32 pm
Anonymous User wrote:
Fri Dec 11, 2020 8:31 pm
lolwutpar wrote:
Fri Dec 11, 2020 8:25 pm
Did he email you directly to do the assignment and not copy the midlevel? Usually you'd route stuff through the midlevel when you're that junior or at least ask the midlevel if they want to review.

For me, if an M&A deal was a senior, midlevel and junior, I wouldn't expect the junior to be sending work product directly to the senior unless it was blessed by the midlevel.
Trying not to give too many details, but the senior communicated the assignment to me directly because the midlevel was out of pocket for a few days.
Then I wouldn't have expected the midlevel to review. Odd that they asked.
They returned in time for them to have conceivably reviewed it, though. They just weren't around when it was assigned initially.

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Re: How bad is this?

Post by lolwutpar » Fri Dec 11, 2020 8:37 pm

Anonymous User wrote:
Fri Dec 11, 2020 8:33 pm
lolwutpar wrote:
Fri Dec 11, 2020 8:32 pm
Anonymous User wrote:
Fri Dec 11, 2020 8:31 pm
lolwutpar wrote:
Fri Dec 11, 2020 8:25 pm
Did he email you directly to do the assignment and not copy the midlevel? Usually you'd route stuff through the midlevel when you're that junior or at least ask the midlevel if they want to review.

For me, if an M&A deal was a senior, midlevel and junior, I wouldn't expect the junior to be sending work product directly to the senior unless it was blessed by the midlevel.
Trying not to give too many details, but the senior communicated the assignment to me directly because the midlevel was out of pocket for a few days.
Then I wouldn't have expected the midlevel to review. Odd that they asked.
They returned in time for them to have conceivably reviewed it, though. They just weren't around when it was assigned initially.
Eh, doesn't change my answer. Doesn't sound like the midlevel was in the loop. Generally, I'd route through the midlevel, but not in this situation.

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Re: How bad is this?

Post by LawrenceGazebo » Fri Dec 11, 2020 9:41 pm

Maybe they thought you did such a good job that it must have been from someone more experienced.

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Re: How bad is this?

Post by Anonymous User » Fri Dec 11, 2020 10:29 pm

LawrenceGazebo wrote:
Fri Dec 11, 2020 9:41 pm
Maybe they thought you did such a good job that it must have been from someone more experienced.
I thought maybe there was a slight chance, but then I saw the mistakes, at least one of which showed pretty bad attention to detail (think page numbers/headers being messed up). There were some things I caught that I think maybe the senior wasn't expecting me to, but idk if it outweighed the bad.

Oh well. Guess I'll never know.

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Re: How bad is this?

Post by RaceJudicata » Fri Dec 11, 2020 11:29 pm

In all events, this doesn’t seem like a big deal at all. Chin up

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Re: How bad is this?

Post by Anonymous User » Fri Dec 11, 2020 11:59 pm

RaceJudicata wrote:
Fri Dec 11, 2020 11:29 pm
In all events, this doesn’t seem like a big deal at all. Chin up
Thanks, I feel a lot better. After thinking about it, seems most likely he just wanted to know whether to send his feedback to both of us.

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