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I think your anecdote at the end differs, because in the OP's story, he was already doing the side project both before and after his superiors found out about i

• davismwfl 12y ago
  Yep fair point. I mention asking someone only because many times we feel and see things one way but others see it differently. He may feel his contribution didn't suffer but maybe it did and he equated the failure to his employer learning of his project rather then his performance. It may not have even been with side work, could be anything. Also happening once is one thing. Multiple times means you really have to look at the common denominator in the situations and see if there is more to it.