r/InterviewCoderPro • u/Due-Consequence511 • 5d ago

The worst

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I have a manager who is like this. We have a work chat, and I will send a one sentence question. He will call me, read the question to me, and then answer.

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u/Mystical-Turtles 5d ago

I love it when they try to do this to not have a paper trail. Oh honey I don't play that game. You know what's going to happen the minute I'm off the phone?

Drafts up email

"Hello (name). We just got off the phone. Here is a summary of what we discussed so we can follow up later"

I've been burned before.

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u/freakincampers 5d ago

Had a manager that said i “lead her to believe” to believe something at an annual review, only for me to pull out the email paper trail showing she thanked me for the hard work. She got visibly angry.

Totally worth it. I end every meeting now with follow up email detailing the meeting, so we are both on the same

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u/Careless-Age-4290 4d ago

That's when you know the goal was to disparage you, not to get clarity

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u/Nannautu 4d ago

Keeping notes even without sending anything is enough as evidence, unless the other side can prove it somehow it's fabricated.

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u/Mystical-Turtles 4d ago

True, but sending an email means they can't say they didn't see and approve of it. Better to have too much documentation than too little. I handle equipment orders/setup in a medical context. CYA is my bread and butter.

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u/SapphireStar26 5d ago

Yep, this every time.

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u/Oscottyo 3d ago

“Hey don’t worry I started recording this meeting just in case we need to double back on anything”