I have more than once been a victim of poor communication at work, and often times it has almost landed me in trouble. Recently it affected my metrics that i had to work extra to get my metrics back up.
A simple information shared at work with the right people and at the right time can save you and the organisation a whole lot.
What about you? Have you been a victim just like me?
Share your experience with us.
I’ve definitely had my fair share of experiences with poor communication at work, and it’s caused quite a few headaches.
I once had a colleague - we’ll call Sam - lose an entire week’s worth of work owing to bad communication.
Sam came back from leave and picked a module to work on. It was a module that had been a pain for years. The bugs therein were difficult to resolve. Naturally, Sam wanted to “come back with a bang” and surprise everyone by getting the module completed incognito.
After one week of working in silence, Sam had a breakthrough and was able to get it completed. It was a “YASS!!” moment. He prepped to inform us about it during Friday morning standup meeting.
That Friday, before Sam had a chance to say anything, the team lead announced that that specific module would be deleted from our systems that morning. This wasn’t new information - a memo had been shared much earlier, while he was on leave. Any of us would’ve told Sam about it if he let us know that he intended to work on it.
The module was deleted. Sam’s time was wasted.
Moral of the story - communicate. Or check your mails. Or both 
Wow! That’s a big Moral right there. Thanks for sharing.