I used to have a(n abusive) boss who would deliberately include "per our conversation" in emails when there had been no such conversation, in order to cast blame for his shortcomings/lies on some else.
He would also do things like demand updates in reply-all messages with the heavy implication that he has been left out of the loop.
I started replying to those emails with "per our communication on [date]", referencing verifiable proof through emails that he was the one at fault for whatever issue he was trying to throw me or someone else under the bus for.
He stopped.
Edit: I don't recommend this unless if you are reliant upon that job. Save it for when you have something else lined up.
I work in IT and once had a manager of another department fire off an accusatory email to myself, my management, and a few other leaders, stating I had not fulfilled a request he sent at some point in the past.
It took little to no effort to show my management the email logs directly indicating he lied. He went so far as to edit the header info in the email chain to make it look like I dropped the ball on a certain date.
Accusing one of the infrastructure admins who manages the email server by falsifying email records is not going to lead to a good time.
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Drusas@fedia.io · 1 pts · 48d
I used to have a(n abusive) boss who would deliberately include "per our conversation" in emails when there had been no such conversation, in order to cast blame for his shortcomings/lies on some else.
He would also do things like demand updates in reply-all messages with the heavy implication that he has been left out of the loop.
I started replying to those emails with "per our communication on [date]", referencing verifiable proof through emails that he was the one at fault for whatever issue he was trying to throw me or someone else under the bus for.
He stopped.
Edit: I don't recommend this unless if you are reliant upon that job. Save it for when you have something else lined up.
RedEyeFlightControl@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 47d
I work in IT and once had a manager of another department fire off an accusatory email to myself, my management, and a few other leaders, stating I had not fulfilled a request he sent at some point in the past.
It took little to no effort to show my management the email logs directly indicating he lied. He went so far as to edit the header info in the email chain to make it look like I dropped the ball on a certain date.
Accusing one of the infrastructure admins who manages the email server by falsifying email records is not going to lead to a good time.
He didn't last long.