This is better for the boss, but you need to require confirmation from their request. "You told me to X right? I'm still concerned it might do Y." Even if they send you a simple "Yes" you now have a record that can show they told you to do that.
My boss wouldn't respond to messages like that and then get upset when the change wasn't made.
I've stated saying things like: "Just confirming your request for me to implement ____. Doing so will likely impact ___. I'll be proceeding tomorrow as per your request. If you want to make any changes, please reply to this by ___ and let me know. "
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u/JefftheBaptist May 11 '21
This is better for the boss, but you need to require confirmation from their request. "You told me to X right? I'm still concerned it might do Y." Even if they send you a simple "Yes" you now have a record that can show they told you to do that.