How do you work?
Situation: Your manager (or your VP) comes to you and says that you have to develop/implement the Y feature, but you know that the same idea has been tested in the past with low results. What do you do in this situation? Do you sustain your opinion with arguments or just do what your boss told you to do [because his/her is the manager]?
My response is that in general, I try to explain my point of view with arguments. If it is not considered, then I do the job as requested (but I have lots of question why do I do this). From my experience the task done just because your boss says so…ends up with low results. Although the idea may be excellent (which in general is) the internal problems (like lack of results) or the local market trends may change the pictures.
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