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cjaro
7y

I didn't think I'd be able to contribute but today proved me wrong.

I'm a front end dev, and I'm the marketing department's go-to in IT (read: I'm their bitch :[ ) The digital marketing guy pinged me today saying he wanted to see if there's a way he could avoid having the president ask him about a task he supposedly did months ago: implement a glossary on our website and index its pages.

Turns out he hasn't done that task at all because he disagreed with the president's decision to even have a glossary.

Fast forward to now, and the president is asking how the glossary is doing. Cue my coworker sending me messages asking how he can avoid having to index the pages now, as well as not get in trouble for not having done it but saying he did.

So in summary: he did not do a job the president told him to do, he lied and said that he had done it, he is avoiding talking to the president about it, he is trying to get me to help him get out of it and cover his tracks, AND he just admitted it in company channels of communication.

Next time, just index the glossary, dude. We all get handed work tasks we don't want to do.

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  • 3
    Definitely don't help him.

    And since you're not IT start by being slow to respond to these types of requests then continue by saying you're too busy.

    They should slowly start to look for someone else to do their dirty work.

    Oh and if you do help someone with a task outside your responsibilities I would keep email records.
  • 2
    @RickDiculous179 I saved the entire conversation. I will follow your recommendations for sure - I wasn't sure what to do about it but your advice seems logical.
  • 2
    @cjaro in my experience the more you "do" anything the more it becomes the norm in the company. Wether it's your job or not
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    @RickDiculous179 I'm trying to keep my job very clear: I'm in IT, and I'm not the marketing departments resource. I got into web development instead of marketing for a reason!
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