Unfortunately, most of us have at one time or another dealt with the problem of a coworker taking credit for our work. But for one Redditor, the issue at his job has taken it to a whole new level, leaving him in an undeserved bind with company leadership.
The foreman gets all the credit for their work, and now they’re in trouble with the CEO because he didn’t work hard enough.
There’s really nothing more infuriating than being undermined by a co-worker, and it’s even worse when it’s your boss. But when does it lead to the CEO thinking you’re incompetent? Boy, this is a mess.
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Having a boss who takes all the credit is a major sign that your boss is a narcissist, and is considered a form of workplace bullying. This worker placement seems to fit the bill perfectly.
To hear them tell it, this worker is actually a big star in their company. They write that they are “a manager in my organization, and I am constantly busy 24/7.” This means they take on a large number of projects, including the vice president of the company and another manager they work with.
But all this multitasking and being a team player ends up working against them since their boss takes all the credit – so much so that they appear incompetent.
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The CEO scolds them for not making any “impact” on the company and tells them that she doesn’t even know what they’re doing.
“Today my CEO told me that not only does he have no idea what I’m working on,” the employee wrote, “but she has no idea how to fill my time,” which must be quite infuriating given the fact.
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They go on to say that “the CEO’s perception is that my time is not full, that she never hears my name…she never sees the impact I have on the organization and she never hears about anything I do.”
Understandably, they are in shock. “I am completely surprised and disgusted by this,” they wrote. “I give it my all 24/7, even outside normal work hours.” This interaction left them completely confused, wondering how to proceed.
“I didn’t want to throw my boss and colleague under the bus and say I’m doing all their work, so I just listed all the projects I’m working on. What should I do?”
Having a boss who takes all the credit needs to be addressed immediately, and in a carefully executed manner, career coaches and experts say.
One of the main ways to deal with narcissistic colleagues — or any type of bad boss — is to keep detailed records of your work, so you have plenty of evidence to back yourself up when you’re faced with a situation like this one that happened with her CEO on Redditor. .
But that’s not even the most important thing to do. A colleague who undermines you by taking credit for your work needs to be addressed, career coaches say, and it’s best to do so long before he gets to the stage where a Redditor finds himself.
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Career coach Shadi Zahrai suggests that, if possible, you try to nip these things in the bud in front of leadership and stakeholders by politely interrupting conversations with a smile on your face to demonstrate the work you did on the project by acknowledging the efforts of you and your colleagues. Contributions.
But if it’s too late, she suggests confronting the person for taking credit directly, but without making a direct accusation. She suggests saying things like, “I noticed… my contribution was never mentioned. What is the reason for that?”
Again, it is important to document everything discussed and it is best to have a witness if the conversation occurred in person.
Other career coaches, like TikToker Bruce K, suggest taking things a step further by letting the person taking the credit know you won’t tolerate it if it happens again.
“There is no need to… be rude, but we need to draw very clear boundaries and tell them that if those boundaries are crossed again, we will not allow them to save face and we will tell them so,” he says. the whole story.”
Looks like it’s time for this Redditor to book some meetings and blow the whistle.
