Working on projects with Friends

StinkySocs

I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place at the moment, so I require your assistance please!

Basically at work we were put into teams of 6/7 people, each team was given a topic & had to do a project on this topic. I was put on a team with my mate, she's the TL of the project, & I'm the deputy - it was pulled out of a hat, so there's no hard feelings...

She works with clients & I work in operations...the people who work with clients have a bit of an air about them, they're sooooo busy & soooo important. Like it's not just her - it's always been that way.

Anyway, for this project, the two of us were assigned to do one presentation between us. I was already working on another presentation for the same project.
So I finished my first presentation, and started the one we both had to do, which I ended up doing all by myself - she didn't help at all. Which is fine, I work in that department and I know more about it than her.

Then she asks me for help, with something else that has nothing to do with the project so I helped her out, when I asked her did she have look at what i've done, she started giving out to me, saying she's too busy to look, didn't even say thanks or anything!

So for the project we have to do a monthly presentation, she called me over at 5pm on Friday, asking for help, so i went over to her. I started taking the piss out of her, for the lastminute.com and all, she went mental at me - with the "I'm so busy" routine - cos you know i've been doing nothing all day only picking my hole all day!!! Bleeding Tart!!
In the presentation, she's mentioned that I did the first presentation, and she did the one we were meant to be working on together....I was like EXCUSE ME!!! I did all that, and she was like, I've been busy, I didn't get a chance to look at it.

(such a rant, sorry!!)

We didn't get to finish the monthly presentation, cos she was busy(!) so now I have to do it on Monday.

She's totally taking advantage of me, if she wasn't my friend I'd have no problem telling her straight, but she is.

What should I do? Should I let it go? Normally in the monthly presentation I speak before her, so I could slip in my part...or is that sneaky? There's a promotion coming up at work that I'm going for - so I need all the kudos I can get...

Thanks!

SSxx

meoklmrk91

Being honest you need to start looking out for yourself, you say that you would have no problem telling her straight if she wasn't a friend but she isn't acting like a friend so don't treat her like one.

She is using you and then making out that she is busy, everyone is busy, does she think she is above such work and you are not?

Schnitzel Muncher

Some 'friend' she is.

Jim2007

StinkySocs wrote: »

We didn't get to finish the monthly presentation, cos she was busy(!) so now I have to do it on Monday.

Well you could always get busy at something else now couldn't you and only have time to 'throw' a few slides together on your part at the end of the day...

StillWaters

Did you not break down the presentation and assign parts to each other?
You cannot claim credit for all the work in the oral presentation, it will look sneaky and like you are not a team player. Will not auger well for you

StinkySocs

Thanks Guys!

Ya Stillwaters, I think you're right it'll look bad as a team player and then i'll end up the bad guy.

I think I might just say it to her on Monday, just get it sorted and out of the way, so she won't do that again..

Cushie Butterfield

Is there any way that you could organise a question to be asked by someone at the presentation that she couldn't answer, & would have to pass to you for an answer, making it obvious that it was you who actually did the work?

A bit underhand, but not any more underhand than what she herself is planning, & might make her think twice about attempting to do it again.

StinkySocs

mmmm that's a bit sneaky too!
I'm not really that type of person, I probably wouldn't do that, unless really pushed, but if I get any more grief off her, I will have my Nodding Dog at the presentation, so ya I could arranage some thing!!