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> "Your boss is NOT always your friend, don't trust them 100%"
And document *everything*, preferably off-site.
Emails, DMs, anything that could come back as "I never said that!?"
Cleaning up old CYA folders (10+ years old) and I found an email where the mgr was upset that I was taking off the week of Christmas saying he never approved that time off (which he has the authority to cancel).
I pulled the email I'd backed up from October where *he* approved the request (at that time requests were via email).
Not taking it lying down, he replied (in a new email) it was company policy that I re-request time off requests within 7 days of the time off (basically saying I violated policy and my vacation would be canceled)
I reply, cc-ing HR, (screen-shot the original convo), and a copy of the time off policy asking HR to clarify the new '7 day' policy I was not aware of.
I never got a reply from anyone. -
@PaperTrail You stay there for 10 years?! How about the vacation approval, was it recently or a long time ago?
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@PaperTrail username checks out.
Similar thing.... I filled out a form for a thing. Gave signed form to office admin, and asked to scan and email to me & HR. Got asked "why?". Said: "CYA".
got the email. made sure HR was CC'd.
Shit hit the fan two weeks later....
After the dust settled, I asked the office admin what happened. Admin told me HR wanted him to claim he never got the signed form from me on time.... The moronic HR missed the email. -
@Definition7 > "You stay there for 10 years?!"
Coming up on my 27th anniversary.
Lots of ups and downs, that time frame was the lowest. Upside is all those folks have quit or been fired.
Started my CYA journey when users would say (verbally) "Change the button caption to XYZ". I change the caption. A month later "Why is the button caption XYZ? It is supposed to be ABC?" then I get lectured by a VP how I need to do a better job in listening to our users. -
@PaperTrail Respect! Lucky that those folk has gone away
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@Definition7 > "Respect! Lucky that those folk has gone away"
Or stupidity. My mental health struggled, but I knew if I quit, they'd win.
https://youtube.com/watch/...
when your code is a mess but everything work out in the end
Got a Micromanager and bossy CTO after my old CTO and senior specialist manager resigned...
(TLDR; new CTO breaching company policy; Passive Micromanager; resigned after getting a new job (7 days after the incident) and told him, the CTO, directly in the discord to expose everyone)
On one random day, the bossy wanted a private Google Meet to talk with me as the direct passive "Micro" manager told him I was not doing what he wanted (He was passive because he was usually reluctant to tell my team)
Then I say a lot of issues for the working process
CTO rejected my opinion and then "command" me directly to do as he wanted
I refuse them right away and dismissed Google Meet by myself (I didn't want to talk to him anymore since he simply ignored my request for everything, neither tell the reason for the rejection nor acceptance)
He stayed silent for 2 weeks, no calls, no DM whatsoever but I got my back, colleague from the development team, that CTO was shit talking about me to the devs (OOPS)
To HR, I told them that I would resign only 3 days from the resignation notice (This company requires 30 days notice period, not required by law in this country) any dispute will lead to labor legal proceedings with no hesitation - HR stays shut and normally let the salary paid normally.
Then I got my salary,same day as the resignation day, I tag CTO in the discord server room that you need to read this FREAKING company policy.
After I left the company, dev colleague told me he was VERY angry, super ANGRY!!
I was like... HAHAHA he deserved it
for the passive micromanager, he unfriend me in the discord (as expected from the passive behavior)
BTW I got my new job offer after the shitty CTO Google Meet by 7 days, the same day with the resignation notice
Dev colleague also tells me almost everyone hates new CTO and sightly annoy this micromanager but they could not find any new job yet
The lesson learned:
- SEE something, SAY something
- got F around and got found out
- LEAVE toxic working environment with hesitation
- Your boss is NOT always your friend, don't trust them 100%
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