Sounds like you need to add a lot more buffer time than you are if you're the project manager or give your project manager a severe reality check. Having to work overtime on occasion (because launch or unforeseen critical bug that is so incredibly highly specific it managed to evade all tests and QA) is fine, having to do it always not so much.
How did putting your foot down go? :)
The problem is the client is from fairyland and has mistaken us as gnomes and fairies. The last minute changes are never ending. And trying to make them understand the efforts is like discussing rocket science with chimpanzees. 😕
Told my boss and all the stakeholders about what's causing the delay but everyone is actively trying to ignore it.
As for me putting the foot down. Got a mail from boss regarding a meeting next Wednesday morning. And I am not feeling so good about it. But it's ok. I tried something out of my routine and the crowd pleaser character. I am also planning on taking 2days off in between to cool off my mind.
Nah!! I simply told them that things would happen as per time and I was not going to burn myself along with the midnight oil. Whatever it may be I should be getting a good look by Wednesday. Not going to take a day off. Things are BAU from my end.
You don't freeze before release?! How do you ever get anything done, some clients always seem to want to keep adding and changing things ad nauseum and then get upset when their thing is never released/usable XD
They gonna cry no matter what. The only thing we can do is to keep them entertained. At the same time, we do the work and release the product.