Grand Avenue by Mike Thompson for January 08, 2015

So true. I can’t count the number of times my last boss took credit for things that were entirely my idea from start to finish, many times when I was in the same room. I don’t know if she was oblivious or bullying as I never pressed the issue.

Bullying. Trust me. I had a boss who forbid me to speak during meetings or else… and somehow all my ideas and work became the boss’ ideas and work.

In the service, I had a supervisor who wrote himself up for, and received, a medal for the work I did in setting up an entirely new department. His answer was, “You should have written it for yourself before I did.”

At their age it should be referred as intern training.

I’ve had that happen to me, but so far all he’s done is complain..

That happened to me, too, but with a happy twist. My boss took credit for my idea and let all HIS bosses know he was totally responsible for it (even though I really was the one). Then there were unforeseen problems that were pretty disastrous and he took the fall for it.

Of course Gabby.

Ever have someone else get his name on a patent for which you did the work?

I work in tech support and our entire department is considered lower-class than everybody else, even though we help thousands and thousands of customers and do our fair share!