I work as an Investment Analyst at an Angel Investor network and report to the Partner. He is a good guy in general and has been supportive in all aspects. However, we were having our weekly meeting the other day with our Advisor and I was surprised to see him take credit for a couple of ideas of mine regarding deal negotiations (I already set the ball rolling by then).
Now, people usually ask to stay clear of such workplaces but the work is exciting and the boss himself is pretty encouraging. Was it an one off thing I am reading too much into? How do you handle such instances? Were you ever upset with your boss taking credit for something you have done?
Well, unless he was a psychopath there's nothing to worry about. But I would've talked to him to clear things out and demand an explanation to what happened: 1- You talk to him (nicely) and he explains everything out, and you're satisfied with the explanation: A- he does it again... He is a psychopath run away! B- it doesn't happen anymore... See? It was all in your head.
2- You talk to him nicely and he doesn't bother explaining and acts like an asshole, there you got it, just quite.
3- you talk to him nicely and he denies (denies that it was your idea, or denies that he claimed it was his): A- He's a psychopath... Run quickly! B- He has Alzheimer, poor guy, he needs to get some help. I hope I helped.
LOFL
I guess it is 3B mostly.
What do you think bosses do? You should thank him for stealing your ideas in a nice way.
That puts things in perspective, mate
Well said. That's why management is there, to take credit for your good ideas but to pass the buck when things you do don't work out as well.
You must not work in IB.
You should kick his ass with karate moves
get a spray bottle and fill it with water - every time he does it, spray him
Why not just go straight for the shock collar?
because it's literally impossible to get that on someone who doesn't want to wear one .. try thinking things through before you just sound stoopid
Have you tried shitting on his desk yet?
That escalated quickly!
Definitely don't confront your boss, you don't want to damage your rapport. Unfortunately, many managers will appropriate underlings' ideas. Just make sure you're getting promoted, compensated, etc for all of your good work.
As for shitting on a boss' desk, this happened at an old job. As a woman, I've never been angry enough to do something like this but to each their own. One morning my old boss went into his office and started cursing. His 60-year-old secretary ran into the office and started screaming like her child had been murdered. Honestly, it's been years since this happened and she probably still has PTSD. Turns out someone had relieved their bowels into one of the desk drawers and it was a big mess. The janitorial clean-up was a little over the top. It reminded me of the pool scene from Caddyshack. Needless to write, my boss was pissed. We never figured out who did it and my boss took it out on the staff for months. Moral of the story, if you like your co-workers don't do this. If you hate both your boss and co-workers this much maybe quit.
There's a difference between a boss expressing your idea as his own because it will be more effective in accomplishing some external objective if the idea appears to come from him
vs
A boss who doesn't do anything and compensates by stealing other people's work and not giving credit where credit is due
If the first, take it on the chin and make sure you're rewarded in other ways and praised privately. If the latter, run like hell
Don: It's your job. I give you money, you give me ideas. Peggy: And you never say thank you. Don: That's what the money is for! You should be thanking me every morning when you wake up, along with Jesus, for giving you another day!
Jessica Pearson was a nice boss though.
I am sure you missed out these parts. Lol.
Jessica Pearson: I put you out once. When I beat you this time, they're going to have to peel you off the wall. Daniel Hardman: It's nice to see you doing your own dirty work for a change. Unfortunately, this time you can't have Harvey threaten to tell my dying wife or my teenaged daughter about my indiscretions. You didn't even know about Sara, did you? Jessica Pearson: He did what I told him to do. Daniel Hardman: No, you can't even control your own attack dog. Well get this, I wasn't even planning on coming back after Alicia died. Then you sent him and I had no choice. Jessica Pearson: Bullshit. You do what you want to do. You always have, and you always will. Daniel Hardman: Well, water under the bridge. We are where we are. And I like where I am. And we'll see who peels whom off the wall.
Agree with Harvey and others, isn't that part of your job? His job is to vet those ideas based on his experience and filter out the good ideas from the bad and then present them. Also, as he is your boss then really it only matters that he realises your potential and idea generation as he will ultimately be the one who will decide bonuses/raises etc.
I think the advice from Harvey is sound. Really your only job is to impress your boss, that's how you move up. It gets fun later on because you become indispensable, then you ask for concessions. Then your boss thinks you've gotten too big for your boots and tries to put you in your place. However, since you're now an idea generating machine and you know how the game works, you're confident enough to leave and flourish elsewhere.
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