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Originally posted by ImaginativeTruth View Postmake sure you get EVERYTHING written down, particularly when they ask you to do some tulip idea and you know it will blow up
How do you get someone to ensure such things are always provided in writing, without appearing to be incredibly awkward, when they insist on only communicating verbally?Comment
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Originally posted by billybiro View PostCorollary:
How do you get someone to ensure such things are always provided in writing, without appearing to be incredibly awkward, when they insist on only communicating verbally?
a few weeks of that and you will have a record of him accepting them or changing them.Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by vetran View Postsend them a daily report with the list of priorities as agreed verbally with priority, completed and % complete.
a few weeks of that and you will have a record of him accepting them or changing them.Comment
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Originally posted by billybiro View PostYou have a record of you sending a bunch of emails to which you've never received a reply. In the event that it comes to a head, the manager can simply state that your emails were incorrect and you were told verbally about changes/acceptances (which can be subsequently "skewed" so as to make you like the one in the wrong).Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by vetran View Postpossibly but most bullies are pretty stupid.Comment
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