rushab oswal Posted November 7, 2020 Report Share Posted November 7, 2020 A customer of mine sent me extra 9000 rupees, because he accountant did not made entries of payments made from her personal account. (I stopped selling a certain items and hence all pending balance was being transferred). Called her instantly and told her she was extremely happy and said thanks almost every sentence, and called twice after receiving the payment. So this was something good happened with me . Felt really nice 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker Posted November 20, 2020 Report Share Posted November 20, 2020 Bad news - a couple of days back a manager complained about some work I had done, essentially jeopardizing a contract with the client. Took a lot of heat from a lot of people and had to justify why I had messed up so bad. Had 4 seniors riding my a*s. Sleepless nights. Good news - Google sheets cell history. Had to check the cell history for a huge number of cells. Turns out the manager had made the changes in question after I had worked on them and since those rows were tagged under my name I was the easy target. Get f**ked mate. Dropped the bomb during my disciplinary call yesterday. He's on the watchlist. I'm off the hook, but I do have a target on my back now. You know office politics. Good thing this is a small part time thing. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b!T Posted November 20, 2020 Report Share Posted November 20, 2020 4 minutes ago, Walker said: I'm off the hook, but I do have a target on my back now. You know office politics. Good thing this is a small part time thing. You can't work in an office and not get involved in politics. I try so hard to stay away but once you climb those ladders, it's inevitable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Posted November 20, 2020 Report Share Posted November 20, 2020 6 hours ago, Walker said: Bad news - a couple of days back a manager complained about some work I had done, essentially jeopardizing a contract with the client. Took a lot of heat from a lot of people and had to justify why I had messed up so bad. Had 4 seniors riding my a*s. Sleepless nights. Good news - Google sheets cell history. Had to check the cell history for a huge number of cells. Turns out the manager had made the changes in question after I had worked on them and since those rows were tagged under my name I was the easy target. Get f**ked mate. Dropped the bomb during my disciplinary call yesterday. He's on the watchlist. I'm off the hook, but I do have a target on my back now. You know office politics. Good thing this is a small part time thing. 90% of managers are aholes..who'll throw anyone under the bus to save their a*s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker Posted November 20, 2020 Report Share Posted November 20, 2020 6 hours ago, b!T said: You can't work in an office and not get involved in politics. I try so hard to stay away but once you climb those ladders, it's inevitable. 7 minutes ago, Snake said: 90% of managers are aholes..who'll throw anyone under the bus to save their a*s. Agreed with both of you. I was lucky in this case simply because I had proof of my innocence. If I didn't I probably would have lost the gig. I was so f**king pissed really because I knew I had done a great job, and then to hear from everyone how I f**ked up really got my goat. Anyway calling him out in a meeting in front of his peers, using screenshare felt good 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 20, 2020 Report Share Posted November 20, 2020 (edited) But that's just their part of the job. Managers will throw anyone below them under the bus to save themselves. Anyone higher than manager position will throw manager under the bus. Cycle goes on. Be your own boss or have to adjust with getting thrown under the bus. While it surely sucks it is to be expected. Edited November 20, 2020 by Joe Cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker Posted November 20, 2020 Report Share Posted November 20, 2020 Yup I always follow CYA wherever possible simply because I see it happen to too many people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ne0 Posted November 20, 2020 Report Share Posted November 20, 2020 thats weird, usually when a subordinate makes a mistake, its always the manager who's blamed. It doesn't matter who in the team did the screw-up , the upper management (the manager's manager) holds the immediate manager responsible. The statement - 'He did it , not me', just doesn't fly these days. The converse is also true that, when a team achieves something, the manager mostly gets the credit ! I've seen instances where VPs or GMs have been fired for a mistake of a subordinate at-least 2-3 levels below them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DinJo Posted November 20, 2020 Report Share Posted November 20, 2020 Yes because ownership falls onto them, especially in times of covid people are frustrated and don't have patience with people Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b!T Posted November 20, 2020 Report Share Posted November 20, 2020 2 hours ago, Walker said: Agreed with both of you. I was lucky in this case simply because I had proof of my innocence. If I didn't I probably would have lost the gig. I was so f**king pissed really because I knew I had done a great job, and then to hear from everyone how I f**ked up really got my goat. Anyway calling him out in a meeting in front of his peers, using screenshare felt good I was an Architect for Voice solutions and was working in that Domain for 12 years. I was having a hard time protecting my team from all the bullshit these so called managers dump on us but it was futile. I put down papers after finding another Job then one of my mentors from a year back, got me into her team. Still an Architect but that team's average age is so high, I am the Junior most one 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayush12ice Posted November 20, 2020 Report Share Posted November 20, 2020 14 hours ago, Walker said: Bad news - a couple of days back a manager complained about some work I had done, essentially jeopardizing a contract with the client. Took a lot of heat from a lot of people and had to justify why I had messed up so bad. Had 4 seniors riding my a*s. Sleepless nights. Good news - Google sheets cell history. Had to check the cell history for a huge number of cells. Turns out the manager had made the changes in question after I had worked on them and since those rows were tagged under my name I was the easy target. Get f**ked mate. Dropped the bomb during my disciplinary call yesterday. He's on the watchlist. I'm off the hook, but I do have a target on my back now. You know office politics. Good thing this is a small part time thing. Hopefully this manager finds another job and leaves from here. Or you just find a better job/client projects yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximus Posted November 26, 2020 Report Share Posted November 26, 2020 RIP Legend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker Posted December 3, 2020 Report Share Posted December 3, 2020 Good News : I got 2x$200 bonus scheduled to be paid this weekend Bad News : One of those was approved in error Neutral News : So really only a $200 bonus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigsaw Posted December 3, 2020 Report Share Posted December 3, 2020 (edited) 29 minutes ago, adity said: Good news: I bought a home in Mumbai few months back and its finally close to being complete. Will move in by next week I think. In the context of things that have happened in my life, it's a really big deal for me. Noice. Congrats man. A house is always a massive life-moment. It’s funny how the current gen and 30+ folks think this might be superstitious B$, but the right house always moves towards you. You just have to let things happen. No rushing. I learnt it and in a great way (even with all the drama). The house meant for you will give you immense peace and prosperity. ? Edited December 3, 2020 by Jigsaw Typo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Bird Bird Posted December 3, 2020 Report Share Posted December 3, 2020 54 minutes ago, adity said: Good news: I bought a home in Mumbai few months back and its finally close to being complete. Will move in by next week I think. In the context of things that have happened in my life, it's a really big deal for me. I hope it's not in @Jigsaw's society !? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dylanjosh Posted December 3, 2020 Report Share Posted December 3, 2020 Good news: I bought a home in Mumbai few months back and its finally close to being complete. Will move in by next week I think. In the context of things that have happened in my life, it's a really big deal for me. Bro that's amazing. That too in Mumbai!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Bird Bird Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 Not personal, but good news nevertheless: https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/indian-school-teacher-wins-1-million-global-teacher-prize-for-promoting-girls-education-gives-half-away-2333867 Indian teacher wins 1 million USD award for innovation in teaching ! Read through this innovations - EPIC. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnackChap Posted December 7, 2020 Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 Good news : A court case in which I was the first informant + prime witness has finally finished with my statement today. Happened all over the phone, with the judge video calling me on WA. Bad news : took almost 7 years for an open and shut case to reach its conclusion with the accused absconding and me signing a statement telling the court that I and the accused have compromised and made up just to end the case. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b!T Posted December 7, 2020 Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 Just now, KnackChap said: Good news : A court case in which I was the first informant + prime witness has finally finished with my statement today. Happened all over the phone, with the judge video calling me on WA. Bad news : took almost 7 years for an open and shut case to reach its conclusion with the accused absconding and me signing a statement telling the court that I and the accused have compromised and made up just to end the case. India man, everything just drags on and on. Anyway good that it's done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnackChap Posted December 7, 2020 Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 2 hours ago, b!T said: India man, everything just drags on and on. Anyway good that it's done. Yeah man. In our judicial system, the victim is just as much penalized as the accused. No wonder most crimes go unreported or are "settled" in the police station itself. Still one of a kind experience that I hope no one goes through. the accused's attorney cross questioning me was the highlight, I was so trying to not LMAO when he was putting out weird accusations against me, I think even the judge had a smile on his face (looked like a no-nonsense guy otherwise). That scene was even more hilarious compared to the comic court movies we get in bollywood. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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