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Conversely, if I were an employee spending time on meticulous issue tracking that no one was reading, and I found out my boss was very upset about that, I would
by stronglikedan 6y ago
Conversely, if I were an employee spending time on meticulous issue tracking that no one was reading, and I found out my boss was very upset about that, I would be questioning why my boss only realized what I was doing when it got to the point of upsetting them so much, and I may be a little upset about them wasting my time for so long.
Seems to me like OP had an absentee boss who ultimately threw them under the proverbial bus.
- cambalache 6y agoYour boss is not your mommy
- stronglikedan 6y agoExactly. Unlike your mom, it's your bosses responsibility to know how you're spending your resources at all times, and ensure that you're spending them effectively through constant communication and feedback.
- cambalache 6y agoIt's fascinating, the diversity of the cultures of the world. In my country a mom cares about her toddler, providing her with food, clothes and being on top of her on almost in a by minute basis. When you are an adult you are expected to perform you work with initiative, personal responsibility and without the need to be micromanaged.You talk with your boss from time to time to communicate and get guidance. It seems in your country is the other way around. Marvels of this big wide world.
- jonfw 6y agoHe's skipping company meetings and minimizing one on one communication, it doesn't sound like his boss is the absentee one
- justin_oaks 6y agoWhile I was in a single-person department, I used a Jira project where I put my tasks and commented clearly about progress. Then I realized that I was the only one using it. Neither my boss nor anybody else cared whether the information was in Jira, a spreadsheet, a Word doc, or if I just verbally explained what I had done. So I stopped tracking things meticulously in Jira and only kept basic notes of what I had done. Worked out fine.