Message #71810

[Cathy S]

Hello Alice, how sad that someone should be so unprofessional as to not at least acknowledge your efforts.  It is a reflection on her though and not in any way on you.

I'll always remember the first time I acknowledged the Janitors assistance to his line manager ... several days later he appeared and looked a bit sheepish, then he said he wanted to say thank you because noone had ever done anything like that before.  I was stunned ... I do it all the time if someone has worked with me and deserves, thanks, credit and/or praise I make sure it is received and others (such as their line manager) know their support etc is appreciated.

It works both ways too ... funny that I never had trouble getting Janitor assistance after that!

My advice is head up, accept your boss's acknowledgment that you deserve credit and keep your dignity.  If some acknowledgement from higher up is forthcoming accept it with grace and enjoy the moment ... oh and never forget that what goes around comes around!

Cathy