Imagine learning that your boss has been taking credit for all of your work and that the CEO of your company has absolutely no idea what you do on a day-to-day basis. We all know that when situations like these arise, the truth is often the exact opposite of what the CEO has seemingly gathered. The truth is probably that the employee's day-to-day is filled with fulfilling not only their personal job responsibilities but also with picking up the slack as a result of the subpar work of everyone else on the team, including their boss's work! The truth is that the employee is probably a team player and doesn't spend so much energy making sure everyone knows how good they are at their job; they just get the work done. The truth is that the employee's boss has been misrepresenting the employee's contributions in order to cover their own behind.
This Redditor experienced this phenomenon that, unfortunately, so many employees experience at work. Her CEO sat her down and told her bluntly that she does not feel that she has made any imprint on the organization as a whole. Ouch! We have a couple of suggestions for what the employee should do next. As some folks in the comments suggested, receipts speak louder than words. She should send the CEO proof of all the reports she made that her boss took credit for to set the record straight. Then, she should confront her boss about the fact that she wants to be CC'd whenever her work is being sent around to the CEO so that she can step in and make it clear that the work is hers and so that this never happens again.
Keep scrolling below for the full story from OP's perspective. We'll keep you posted if there's an update to share about what the employee did next. For more stories like this, check out this post about an employee who shut down a manager after they already quit.
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