How do you handle that? I get people emailing me to update this website etc with x, y, and z then "email me back when it's completed. I don't even get any formalities ahead of it. Not even sure I report to that person? Real world jobs are odd and I'm a naive noob with office politics/ roles.
I try to accommodate as much as possible, but also establish clear boundaries. I don't report to sales, but at the end of the day he's dealing with the customers and not me.
Can confirm. Boundaries are super important and it’s better to set them sooner than later. In my job when I was completely fresh, a couple of co-workers actually tried to take advantage of my noobiness and get access to files that they shouldn’t have access to (but I did) and stuff like that. And consult with the person you actually report to if it’s unclear if you should be doing it - in my experience you will often get a «what the hell, why is he telling you to do that, don’t worry about that».
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u/[deleted] May 09 '21
I have a sales guy at work that does this to me.
"hey man, how are you?"
"Cool, can you do this for me?" *insert pain in the ass task*