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It worries me your lead dev thinks you're evil for taking this standpoint. Evil would be encouraging them to do the wrong thing. You've encouraged them to do the right thing, they've ignored you and decided they know best. It ain't your job to fix their mindset, and anyone who thinks it is will just get themselves into a heap of issues.
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Evil... There are several shades of it.
I think there's s difference between a manipulative arse hole and what's commonly referred to as a "grey eminence".
Management has a lot to do with politics at a certain point and as such you won't be able to do your job if you try to be a lawful paladin.
It's always a power play and it's always about having still a trump card to play.
If I got a penny for every time I could have said "I told you so"… I think I would be the richest man on earth.
You don't say "I told you so." You say "After all our discussions it was an expected outcome". Which is a far more gruesome statement as you just denounced everyone in the room without giving anyone specifically the blame.
And that's always a smarter move than trying to play blame game or barking up the tree.
TLDR: Get used to humans being human and try to not get breaked on the wheel, rather be the weasel that knows when it's time to run. -
@Devnergy the best part about this blame game is that I will not do it like that from my side. But let it be shown in its own way based on documentation.
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@AlmondSauce he said it that way because he knows that I go out of my way to help people on a regular basis. I am a pretty chill person. But he knows that I am letting a particular outcome happen and fulfill itself on a particular way to let people see where the error ways, thus throwing X people under the buss by their own faults without me saving them or doing something to help them.
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@IntrusionCM indeed
Situation: My lead dev (read as in, my employee that has the lead developer position, not my superior) is complaining about certain decisions being made in regards to a rather large project that has been stagnated by executive political bullshit.
Me: let them fuck themselves over, it is their decision to have a voice on this and we are not the ones developing it, merely managing the resources.
Him: Well they do not know what they are asking! everyone is wanting to have an opinion! a voice!!!
Me: and by their own volition they will fuck themselves over and I have the proper documentation to show everyone that if the project is delayed, it will be by popular vote. I have already spoke to our VP to let him know that we are not taking part in their decision planning process, that we provide the necessary feedback, they get to do with it what they want regarding their decisions.
Him: they are being really stupid and inconsiderate
Me: they are indeed, but as long as I show that you, me, and the rest of the team provided input, they disregarded it and went with their decision, then then the fault is on them, not you or our team. Let them fuck themselves over, I have the documentation needed to secure our asses, I record every conversation and I have every email saved. Really, if they don't want to listen to you they will not be able to point the issues that will inevitably rise back to you or us.
Him: .... you are evil
Me: fuck with me team see what happens. Their face and reaction is what makes me get a hard on after the fact.
Ain't no one touching my team.
rant
fuck politics in a work environment