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[vicarz]

So, I'm in trouble at work for the 2nd time in two weeks! Yay! Why is this cool?


Last week some high-ranking officials were annoyed with the responses I gave them to their requests for lists of people with security clearances (the answer was NO, we don't throw that around buddy)! It turned out they didn't really understand what they were asking for. My bosses both informed me they were whining behind my back, advised me, asked me for the background, and then when I explained what happened they supported me 100%. The high-rankers have shut up now!

Today I was blindsided with a complaint about a manager I assisted with a PIP like...6 months ago (they just sort of dropped it when I explained they had to do work). Well they are MARRIED to a high-ranker, who sent out a bitchy email about our Dept. Once again, my bosses came to me - though luckily someone had prewarned me this was a backstabbing twat and I had retained most of our emails to one another, and confirmed all meetings and phone calls in emails. Ha!

So I met with my bosses who started by saying the knew I had gone back and forth with her already. They looked over what I showed them and agreed instantly that the fault was with them, not lil ol me. They were offering to have me not be in the meeting (the how I suck meeting) but I said if I were there they would be even less likely to embelish their story to shift blame.

My point? Things aren't perfect here - it's still the government. BUT - my bosses have my muddafuggin back, yo! I mean it's not like I never screw up - I'm José! But they don't attack, don't use me as a shield to cover their own failings, and don't think you gain a thing by playing the blame game. The focus is on resolving the situation, and damnit they support their people when they're right.

[later]They went to the meeting w/o me after all, but came right to me afterwards. They were yelled at and were annoyed with the guy giving them grief. They still support me 100%, and find the fault is with the high-rankers who think that it just takes too much of their time to do a performance-based removal. They're happy as hell that I was very responsive to everything that came from this woman, and are now even happier that I was able to provide them with docs that demonstrated beyond any arguable doubt that we did everything we were supposed to.

So where I was they attacked anyone just to have a scapegoat (it was always good to include yourself in as many meetings as possible just as defense)! Now I work with managers who support their people. Life is good.

Ok life would be better if twits weren't trying to cover their own failings by complaining about others (BOY DOES THAT FACT EXTEND BEYOND WORK HINT HINT) but at least here my immediate boss and their boss don't BS around.

Comments

[mpeace.livejournal.com]

...I had retained most of our emails to one another, and confirmed all meetings and phone calls in emails.

Mmmmmm, yes, your documentation-fu is strong. My mom has had similiar issues with "this happened vs. that happened" crap. When asked for if she could prove it, she went out to her car and brought back in some of the paperwork she had been keeping on the matter - equal in size to about two phone books and dropped it on their desk. "How's this? But don't worry, I can bring the rest from home if needed..." She won. *cackle* My mommy rocks.

[vicar.livejournal.com]

I hate document-fu. For fuck's sake - the environment!? All those pointless paper, ick.

I admit fault when it's appropriate. I am thrilled to find a home where that is appreciated - hell friends too. Friends that never do wrong, that one-up, that never admit fault...suck.

[mpeace.livejournal.com]

It wasn't email and such. She works for the Post Office as a Letter Carrier. Everything was hard copy. Post Office, digital? bwhahahahaha....

[oontzgrrl.livejournal.com]

It's great that your bosses are so helpful. It can really make all the difference in the world, to be protected from office politics.

I have never understood the mentality of backstabbing, or the whole "I'm a bad worker so I'll make myself look better by complaining about others". Then again I probably lack the subtlty and attention span for those sorts of actions.

[baronsamdi.livejournal.com]

What a horrible mess things would be for you, with your job, if your higher-ups were not prepared to stand up for you. That would ROYALLY suck! Thankfully, they seem to understand that your position invites a certain amount of misplaced anger, blame, bitter vitriol.

[dnaspydir.livejournal.com]

I wish I had that kind of support at my last job... instead, my supervisor sold me down the river... so now, I'm looking. Oh, and there's nothing like getting excellent ratings every year for 4 years and then being sold out for getting approval for an upgrade, and having it be used against you for termination. Plus they gave my job to my assistant... a guy who doesn't know the difference between giving someone local admin rights to a system vice domain admin privs... way to break security buddy... no wonder the one system that got comprimised was his.

Not that I'm bitter or anything...

[vicar.livejournal.com]

You love me - I was going to get an MA in IT so I could be one of those morons who was paid more than the people who actually had a damn clue, while I stumbled about doing more damage than good. I knew the markup on my degree would be worth far more on the contract than knowledge.

Yeah, politics blow. I'm quite happy here.

bitterly familiar...

[grassyknoll67.livejournal.com]

oh, the superb reviews, followed by spiels about how valuable to the government and the contracting company, followed by a budget cut and a LONGER spiel about politics being to blame...SNORT.