'You all agreed to and signed off on [it]': Project Manager fends off moving goalpost trap with superior paper trail and process

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Brad Dickson • Managing Editor
May 25, 2023 9:00 AM EDT

Dealing with changing expectations from your boss or colleagues requires a strategic approach; after all, having all your t's crossed and i's dotted ensures that you have covered yourself when things inevitably hit the fan and they go looking for someone to blame, aiming to hang their own failure's of leadership on the neck of an unprepared scapegoat. 

Despite all of this, Hanlon's Razor still shines through; it's not as if these people are necessarily aware of what they're doing, and it's not as if they're out to specifically target project managers and send them packing—exacting covert vengeance for when a project manager redeveloped their town as a child, leading to the deaths of both their parents. But that makes these people all the more dangerous, their sheer stupid ignorance destroying the careers of framed innocents as their incompetence causes projects to repeatedly fail around them.

This project manager shared an entertaining tale of how they managed to anticipate and identify one of these individuals, being prepared—through the fastidious application of process—with all the necessary paperwork and receipts to defend themselves and deflect the attempt at blame.

Read on to see u/kiltedturtle's account of events, which they shared on Reddit's popular r/MaliciousCompliance sub. Next, check out this company that suffered a drop in production following employee conformance to guidelines 

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