Me too! I’ve even forced showdowns when people have pulled these stunts with me. One good thing about being a software developer at a software company is that when push comes to shove they’d rather lose a non-technical manager than a key programmer. Usually!

4)Somebody who orders their subordinates to do things a certain way despite their objections, and then when it turns out their way was a disaster they point the finger at the subordinates for doing it wrong rather than accepting responsibility for their poor decision making.

I have experienced this point somewhat. And I am the type of person that objects. I rather risk my job than my dignity and what I believe in.

Mahsa :

BTW I’ve moved my blog also as I wasnt too keen on the old layout:

Umm, no. I don’t give those shitty type of people a chance to talk to me or give them the time of day. Not worth it!

Can you elaborate more on this shameless self-promotion? I am curious to know what you mean exactly, or give me an example.

Well, a few examples would be:

1) Somebody is a team leader while being a working programmer at the same time, and they are on the phone constantly with people at corporate headquarters. And they imply that everything really good that their team has done was done by them. And imply that everything bad that was done by the team was done by others. And they let people go on thinking that, no matter how blatantly untrue it is.

2) Somebody who is constantly in the bosses office, stroking his/her ego. Inviting the boss out to lunch. Always remembering the birthdays of the boss’s kids, boss’s wedding anniversary, etc (I mean, who does that!? Seriously!?) and otherwise brown-nosing the boss(es).

3) Somebody who gives their subordinates poor reviews and recommends them for small bonuses for the sole reason of inflating their own sense of self-importance, and exaggerating the amount of “aggravation” they have to put up with on the job. Same person is likely to give their cronies overly good reviews and put them in for huge bonuses.

4)Somebody who orders their subordinates to do things a certain way despite their objections, and then when it turns out their way was a disaster they point the finger at the subordinates for doing it wrong rather than accepting responsibility for their poor decision making.

And so on! I’ve only seen this at big companies. Small companies, everyone knows what everyone else is up to and this shit just won’t fly! At least at the small companies I’ve worked at! Everyone knows who is wasting oxygen and who is getting the bills paid.

Did she attempt to speak to you?

BTW I’ve moved my blog also as I wasnt too keen on the old layout:

http://ma7sa.blogspot.com/

Mahsa xxx

Craig :

Unfortunately, in the private sector a lot of people seem to get themselves put in leadership positions by shameless self-promotion

Can you elaborate more on this shameless self-promotion? I am curious to know what you mean exactly, or give me an example.

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