a little advice.......
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- Kirshar
So how should I feel about this?
I work for an in-house creative department, and we usually do jobs according to who gets the work order for it. My boss (the art director) has once again completed a job in which I was given.
I know that in the big picture, the job gets done and life goes on, but its starting to piss me off when I get handed a job, only to do it and find out that my boss has already done his own version and completed it, and doesn't tell anyone about it. So I sit here and make calls to people and wonder why I haven't heard anything about it, then I find out that he did it...........
Am I just completely in the wrong for being mad about this?
My rant fo r the day...........
- jox0
Okay, so everything you do has already been done and finished by somebody else? Yeah, you should probably bring it up.
- honest0
hey dude, I know how you feel. It's how the cookie crumbles sometimes but it's not always that way in other agencies. The advice I would give is either your boss needs to speak to his staff about who is working on what at which time as it's a waste of resources if everything goes his way in the end or else get the hell out of there!
In any job the boss's word is final, but you have a choice.
- gruntt0
take him out to the parking lot, go to his car and draw a diagram of how project should flow using your key on his hood.
- Kirshar0
This does happen a good bit, usually ending with our traffic people raising hell, simply becasue he doesn't tell anyone...........
but it has been addressed once before, guess it didnt sink.
- tasty0
u could always take him to the Dojo like they did on that episode of the office.
But seriously that is wack
- planet010
that's messed up, i would just quit working. just stare at your desk until someone can guarantee that you will be the only one on the job.
- DRIFTMONKEY0
I dealt with something like this very recently. My boss was always getting on our computers and making changes, or taking jobs away from us because he had a vision... it took about a year to finally convince upper management that he was (a) not that creative and (b) not good at managing people. They found a new role for him in a sister company and the morale has been restored to our dept. My advice: stir it up and see what happens. it helps though if you have the respect of his peers/managers. Be specific and site documented examples. And be careful about how you approach the subject... tell them you want the situation to work and ask what YOU can do help resolve the issue. Hope that helps.
- tkmeister0
now you should go into the office and do nothing. when your boss says anything, just say "oh, i thought you'd take care of it, like always"
- Kirshar0
good political solution, monkey.
After going to him and asking him if I should just toss the job since he's doing it or kick out a few proofs of my own, still........
I received the middle-of-the-road answer, "you can if you want to ."
what the hell?
its kind of like, I uncovered what he was doing, now I have the option to either fight him for it artistically, or let it go, at my leisure.........
- -sputnik-0
sounds like a total waste of time for you. i've never had that happen to me but if it did, i'd question why i was there and underutilized.
- mayo0
in the mean time, keep doing the work. if he doesn't do it and a client complains, it's your ass.
- e-pill0
now is the time for you to go on interviews!!!! if the work is finished go on the prowl!!! youre still getting a check!!! and then when you find teh gig go take your vacation.
- DRIFTMONKEY0
Kirshar, A good creative director should be a mentor. Given his aloof response to your action, I would suggest a more direct approach to him. if that doesn't work, time to go higher up the food chain.
- Kirshar0
hey, i agree with all of you, which is why I've been very actively job hunting for the past few months.
I'm tired of this shite..........
- gabe0
don't bring it up... it proves that you're expendable as you aren't really even doing any work!
milk the company dime and learn something new while your ass of a coworker works his ass off!