pb4uski
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Just curious, why was upper management so upset if the deadline was met? It sounds like the person did their job and got it done by the deadline. Was management expecting it to be done earlier?
I sort of wonder about that as well. From what the OP described it was a close call rather than an actual problem. It may be that his employer may be a particularly political environment where every little goof up get blown out of proportion.