Message #54546

[Katie G]

Warning:  This is a sore point with me.

"He went into this 'discussion' knowing most of the things he was sharing were not even close to the truth..."  Shame on him, then.  What is this, 7th grade?  Why not just pass around a slam book?

"...but he is insisting we have to work with the perception, since 'perception IS reality.'"  A lame excuse for your boss not setting the record straight when it was brought up, if you ask me.

I've worked in finance and IT.  Two areas where the "perception is reality" mindset has been responsible for more unqualified people being put in positions they have no business being in, and equally responsible for good, smart, hardworking folks who know their stuff getting railroaded when "reality" didn't match up with someone's preconceived "perception."  I've seen it happen -- too many times.

Rant over.  From a practical standpoint, I think you should DOCUMENT EVERYTHING.  Not knowing the specifics of your job, I can't be more specific than that.  Maybe it's saving any and all emails and voicemails, maybe it's getting your supervisor's sign-off on everything, whatever.  But the fact is, this may blow over, especially if the "perception" can be concretely refuted with "fact"  My guess is that there's probably very little fact in any of these complaints.