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> Dear [sender], thanks for bringing this to my attention. Booleandilemma is actually busy on other work at the moment, and needs to be able to focus on that. P

by vosper 6y ago

> Dear [sender], thanks for bringing this to my attention. Booleandilemma is actually busy on other work at the moment, and needs to be able to focus on that. Please send these requests to me, rather than to booleandilemma, and I will get take care of prioritising them. If we need to discuss this further I'd be happy to jump on a call with you. > Thanks, and have a nice day > Booleandilemma's boss I guess we can dream :) (But seriously, as a manager, this is what I'd likely try to do. I'd check with you first, to see how you felt about the situation, of course. Being CC'd is an invitation to get involved on behalf of my team)

hyperdimension 6y ago
Please tell me you're hiring! :) But seriously, I find including someone's boss on the first email to them (I'd imagine to just prioritize the sender's task and make the recipient look bad if they don't follow through) is highly passive-aggressive. In general, my boss is concerned in what I accomplish for/with my team, and it sure would be nice to do whatever thing you're foisting upon me, but I'd just like to tell them to add it to the ever-elongating queue of other teams' requests. I've got my own job to do!
- hyperdimension 6y ago
  I'd also like to add that internships are all about learning the corporate world, right? Well, way back when, as someone who likes to do a good job, but quickly (Personally, I just don't like a backlog of work,) as a bright-eyed intern, I learned very quickly not to ever 'be nice' to anyone not on your team. It was 'just another internship-learning-experience,' but it sure opened my eyes to the two Iron Laws of corporations: (1) If it breaks, and you touched it last, it's entirely your fault. (2) [This was an extremely hard lesson to learn as a 'naturally helpful' kind of person:] If you help someone with something, it's your responsibility. Forever. Needless to say, I learned quickly. I learned that corporations are more or less perversions of regular society where everyone tries to punt work off to whoever else seems most suitable or exploitable.

by vosper 6y ago

hyperdimension 6y ago

Please tell me you're hiring! :) But seriously, I find including someone's boss on the first email to them (I'd imagine to just prioritize the sender's task and make the recipient look bad if they don't follow through) is highly passive-aggressive. In general, my boss is concerned in what I accomplish for/with my team, and it sure would be nice to do whatever thing you're foisting upon me, but I'd just like to tell them to add it to the ever-elongating queue of other teams' requests. I've got my own job to do!

hyperdimension 6y ago
I'd also like to add that internships are all about learning the corporate world, right? Well, way back when, as someone who likes to do a good job, but quickly (Personally, I just don't like a backlog of work,) as a bright-eyed intern, I learned very quickly not to ever 'be nice' to anyone not on your team. It was 'just another internship-learning-experience,' but it sure opened my eyes to the two Iron Laws of corporations: (1) If it breaks, and you touched it last, it's entirely your fault. (2) [This was an extremely hard lesson to learn as a 'naturally helpful' kind of person:] If you help someone with something, it's your responsibility. Forever. Needless to say, I learned quickly. I learned that corporations are more or less perversions of regular society where everyone tries to punt work off to whoever else seems most suitable or exploitable.