If you are on W-2, there is exactly one person who you are truly accountable to at work: your supervisor. This is the person who was given an amount of money to

If you are on W-2, there is exactly one person who you are truly accountable to at work: your supervisor. This is the person who was given an amount of money to do a task, chose to hire a person with some of it, and chose you to be that person. Your list of priorities at work needs to flow from or be approved by that person.