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There's a few issues with what you said. People will bully you when you start the paper trail, that's a fact. That shouldn't stop you. The problem though is th
by rjzzleep 9y ago
There's a few issues with what you said. People will bully you when you start the paper trail, that's a fact. That shouldn't stop you.
The problem though is that people tend to start the paper trail when something fishy happens. That's too late. You have to "train" management to accept email confirmation on good days. The resistance will be lower, so that on a bad day, when things are fish, they are less inclined to pester you about it. Paper trails in general also help you in legal settlements when you do end up getting fired.
- leroy_masochist 9y ago> You have to "train" management to accept email confirmation on good days. This is a crucial thing for recent college grads to understand. Learn it the easy way before you learn it the hard way.
- rnprince 9y agoI wish I had this advice sooner. The new part for me here, beyond merely keeping a paper trail, is to make sure that everyone knows about your consistently kept paper trail, so that it wards off bad behavior before it starts.
- x0x0 9y agoIt's never a bad idea to follow up after all meetings -- both team and 1-1 -- with an email that goes, "As per our discussion, I do X,Y; someone else does Z, 3rd person does W, and project A is blocked on B." Then everyone is definitely on the same page as to DRIs and commitments. Or you can hash out disagreements then and there.