I have access to the roll-up status report for our department of 80 some people (I think.... I don't know, it's a lot of people). I have access to this report so I can find 'bragworthy' things to report up to Top Dog's manager for a weekly update that goes out to everyone in her hierarchy.

This roll-up report doesn't list names next to the accomplishments, nor does it list departments. It's supposed to be a "we all did these things as a team", however, the information is rolling up from somewhere and someone is certainly getting the credit from their manager for the items listed on the report.

So, I'm browsing through the list of things accomplished this week and I come across this gem:

"Assisted in rebuilding the Security Services pages and transitioning the engagement service listings from the old site to the new ones. Overall spent more time than originally anticipated do to the issues from the transition".

"Hmmmm", I think to myself, "I didn't write this, yet I was the one that did this rebuild..... without ANY assistance."

Not only is someone taking credit for something they didn't do- they're saying it took longer than they anticipated- thus making it sound like they worked themselves to the bone and had to work overtime to do it.

Hmmmmm..... NOT COOL! I'm getting so tired of people taking credit for my.good.work. What is wrong with people? I'd never stoop to such a level. In fact, I'm sharing the credit for things I'm doing with my favorite project manager, just as he's sharing credit with me. When we report stuff to Top Dog, we say "We", not "I".

I gave my manager the heads up on this, but will just leave it at that. I have my ways of finding out who actually wrote that in their status report, but as long as my manager knows the scoop- I'm going to let it go.

The person who reported that they did this work? Karma will get them. It always does. If it doesn't? Well, I don't really care. People like that must always be looking over their shoulders and that's punishment enough.