Struggling with Credit Thief Daily😒
I have an onshore counterpart, one level above me. We two are setting up the project and conducting workshops. The problems I have are: 1. I work in the B shift from 2 PM to 11 PM since the client is in PST. But i login usually at 10-11 2. My onshore counterpart works in EST but logs in very late. 3. Although I work in the B shift, I often extend until 1 AM because I am preparing all the PPTs and doing research. I have to explain everything I do daily for 2-3 hours. She schedules meetings during the PST afternoon to present that work. 4. It has been 2 months of the same routine. In every weekly stand-up, she gets appreciation as if she did the work and research, without giving me any credit. 5. I can escalate the issue, but no one will listen because she has been here for 12 years, whereas I joined a year ago. She has strong networking with the leadership, which I lack. 6. I can ask for release, but I like this project and have provided solutions for some challenging gaps. I feel very bad because I work for 16-18 hours per day. She could schedule the meeting in the PST morning, but she purposely schedules it in the PST afternoon and gets the credit for my work. PS: i saw her creating a transcript to read during the meeting Do people like this really exist? If you have personal commitments, why come to work? Don’t you have a conscience and feel guilty about stealing credit for others’ work? Nowadays, there are many posts related to stopping gender-based reservations. Is it because of situations like this?
I believe you need to make efforts to get due recognition. If you are critical and she cannot present without you then you can stop working after 11 pm ist, if that's not the option then start looping customers and internal stakeholders while sharing those ppts but somehow you should make an effort to get the recognition. such people grow faster leaving hardworking and genuine people like you behind and then causing frustration and anger.
@SlightPush : what are your suggestions bro?
• I am planning to send the updates but not give her the gyan of what I’ve done throughout the day, so she won’t have enough details to present to the stakeholders.
• I started sending the final outcomes directly to my reporting manager, looping her in.
• I also spoke with my manager one-on-one, sharing my screen to show how this is happening regularly. I showed him all the emails I’ve sent, the meetings she schedules during PST, and how it ends up looking like her contribution at the end of the day. He advised me not to extend my workday past 11 PM and to keep him in the loop on all email communications.
Now i am thinking she will cook something against me for sure😃😃😃
Its Good that you are keeping your RM looped in... You will be in a good place don't worry 😊..
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LooseGoose
Stealth
2 months ago
Don't fight for recognition. Doesn't mean anything. As long as you're happy with work and pay, you're fine. Ignore her.
breeze
Stealth
2 months ago
This don’t work for long run. you will be the one losing your credibility at the end of the day. if not today but someday. people never care about your hardwork, you will only be appreciated for the output you give. if its your hardwork then nobody else deserves the appreciation claps but only you.
LooseGoose
Stealth
2 months ago
So you'd pick getting empty awards like employee of the month/year over a good hike in salary?
Recognition doesn't mean shit in the real world buddy, no one cares how many clients you handled or what you did for them in your last job. Even you're going to forget most of the work you did over time.
What will last? Cold hard cash in the bank.
It's stupid to jeopardize your job just for your bosses and colleagues to know what a good job you're doing. If you weren't doing your job, you wouldn't be there in the first place or you won't last long.
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I think many have responded with similar thoughts. Adding more points- The most easiest thing to do to get noticed (tried and tested) is to speak up in presentations. Your agenda should to be present the work you did … if she’s not on board to allow you to present, you can suggest that you can take alternate weeks to present. Consolidate your plan, show roadmaps and present. Do not share this ppt until the day you are presenting. Be very confident in your work.
Keep your reporting manager or team lead in all the email updates. You can share the work done by you with them.
For sure recognition motivates you to keep working.
Nothing wrong, but why someone has to do on daily basis for all the meetings? Becuase not confident enough to explain things as it is not her work in first place
If I were you, I will find the next important meeting day and will go on leave couple of days before without preparing the presentation.So she cannot do this without you. Then things will change for you. If you do this thing one more time. Then mostly your problem will be resolved.
I tried that option as well, 🤣 i told her my granny passed away, taking emergency leave for 4 days.. she was like
“My deepest condolences, but can you send the decks before you log off and give me the background.. project timeline is critical , i have back to back meetings with project, dont have time for all these”. I dono what those meetings are
😂😂. But u made a small mistake over there, u could have left for the day and then should have dropped an email about your unavailability for the next couple of days due to so and so reason.
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Hello
One thing I can understand is that she don't give credit to you.
You better setup one meeting with her one to one and explain her.
If she listens and changes her way...fine
Else
Better come out as soon as possible.
You will have a good Project and managers in other places
# She wants you and your work and not you.
# You can survive any where and not she
Step1: Explain her - Listing is up to her
Step2: Skip her and explain to next level
Else
Step3: Get out of that worst place
This is with my experience, I had faced the issue.
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It's common bro one of teammate usually ask me what are you doing and she copies the work I did and show it like done by her but everyday she will ask me what we need to do, I won't say nothing but since the platform we use is common she will simply copy my work, even during status call while I try to explain what I did she will also start speaking like I will done this while I'm speaking.
This is not how we think here, the so called level hierarchies here in org is different, they trust long term dudes than new ones or oursiders..
if we talk this out, they blame us saying
- not willing to take constructive feedbacks positively
- not colloborative
- bad professional attitude
- self centered mindset focusing on one’s growth not letting others grow
Etc
Etc
Etc
Etc
In feedbacks, we have to cope with these guys, otherwise look outside, noone will come to protect us even if we go for escalation, they say anyone of this😂😂
Its good that you have encountered these type of issues very early into your career. These assholes are everywhere, ppl just want to take credit without doing anything.
What you can do is proactively inform your manager about the work that you do, maybe share a monthly or bi-weekly summary of the task list that you have worked on. Dont always rely on other people to showcase your work, be more proactive in your approach. Dont wait till performance reviews to highlight your work, decision regarding promotions and increments mostly taken few weeks prior to that.
There are for sure idiots like this... and sadly, some folks like us can't help because the stealers are there in org for a long time and had network.
I will give you one important tip. Do not reveal too many things to anyone , especially on Functional Knowledge . Be it your colleague or manager. Limit the details shared . Keep a dependency in team. You will definitely get the importance
bro it is not just your project specific problem, we have people like that everywhere.
Hereforinsight
Stealth
2 months ago
I was observing this kind of behaviour of one of the senior developers who used to steal junior developers credit, finally he rewarded the company with his resignation letter and thankfully people are relieved knowing this...
Wow, but this lady happily settle with L1, cant expect this to happen, lol
It’s very frustrating when this happens but it’s a good lesson to learn at the outset. FYI I’m a woman who unfortunately had to work with multiple similar male colleagues of the credit stealing variety. You should talk to your manager and actually try not helping her with the packs. Also why login early and also leave late? Most US colleagues start their day early so that they can handover with India counterparts so ask her to do the same.
In my case my manager steals the credit and limelight, doesn't even include me in important meetings and mails where he presents my work. Max he mentions that it was a "team effort" though it wasn't and mentions my name towards the end in the announcements also. I've been in the org for a few months and he has built a network over 10+ years... This is just one of his toxic traits. I'm looking forward to completing a year and moving on.
What is imp for you work or recognition?
Can you find other job ?
Would you be able to share this with your skip manager?
I can find other job, but i like this project and have lotta learnings , i dont want to settle in any AMS and comfort zone, which wont help me grow in career.. if it is one of scenario ok, but regularly how to accept
Reflect on what you want in your career and how you want your work to be observed by people or management
Don't extend your shift as you are working in the last shift of India. Only extends if any P1/P2 kind of urgency, which is like 1-2 times in a month.
This is how she was able to goto US...! I have seen the same back when I was with ACN and my so called onshore coordinator wasn't knowing how to open the IDE or hasn't done so in her last 7-8 years. Apparently I moved out seeing all this shit.
WrapedPearl3
Stealth
2 months ago
Have a conversation with her one-on-one to see if she understands your concern and include if upcoming meetings.
if no change then try to have few details just with you and she gonna miss them out 🤪
other way is include your name as watermark in PPT slides which she definitely not gonna sit and edit them so she won't be able to steal ur efforts.
Also, while sharing ppts cc your managers so that it can be shown as proof of your work.
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