Found out a coworker and manager copied and presented another associates work while the person was out on maternity leave as their own which led to a huge spot award bonus being provided to them and nothing for the associate that actually did the work and research. Always make sure never to share too much info with peers or managers and always cya at this company!
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100% it happens in PLANO
@OP Yep, I worked there for several years. Same thing happened to me. One of my co-workers stole my idea and ran with it. She received a spot award and better evaluation than I did at end of year. It's a great company, depending where you work. I worked in the TMO / AML department. As of late, the culture has grown toxic in that department. I left along with other mid-level and Sr. level managers. The investigators are pretty well shielded. BUT, if you are a lower or middle level manager, you will be working an extra 10 to 20 hours a week guaranteed. You can include an occasional weekend and holiday too. Thanks, but no thanks. There are too many companies where teamwork means something, managers actually care about you and credit for the innovator is properly recognized.
Does Trusha work in PLANO?
Plagiarism is real in PLANO...
@ Cowboy Trash aka Trashcan Slim you got this and might even get a spot award!
I had a nice chat with Trusha today. She's an excellent person, to a degree commensurate with her extraordinary beauty. My assessment remains that she is horizontally accessible, but it will be very difficult. Wish me luck - that next baby is going to be beautiful!
Welcome to life.
Disgusting same her. My boss steals credit for all my work non-stop and then turns around and tells me what I did was nothing.
For my next Elon Musk-inspired move to raise worldwide birth rates, I'm working on that Indian goddess Trusha in my building. It will be very difficult, but not impossible.
Lmbo. That has to be the single greatest comment on these threads.
Hey, ease off. I'm the cowboy who pumped that baby in her, and her husband will raise it. I deserve at least a reward at work for my contribution.
@ Grow up, someone is repeating that cycle of abuse and justification so they can sleep at night.
It’s not a development opportunity if someone purposefully waits until an individual is on maternity leave to pass the idea and work off as their own and take full credit for everything and not give any form of credit to the original creator. And furthermore whether it is middle management or senior management the act of plagiarism is still inherently wrong point blank period!
The post and some of the comments describe a healthy operation. If you’re not the ultimate decision maker your ideas need to go through the right channels to get to the person that is the decision maker.
As a lower to middle level employee that has an idea that you’re asked to present it is a way of giving you a development opportunity. If your leader likes what you have to say and decides to take it to the next level, good on you. It will be a great self review talking point and you may get additional recognition like a spot award. It’s great that your leadership asks for your feedback and works to operationalize it
The work that they do will change A LOT from what you pulled together. Your scope is limited and doesn’t include all of the details needed. If you’re presenting to a skip level and get interrupted it’s because you’re not hitting the key points of your audience and they’re helping you. Pay attention and learn from it.
Definitely happens - On my way out, I shared my years of confluence pages with folks and said “do with this that which you will” - happy if they take it and use it, it’s Cap1’s IP. I mean who cares, you did the work, you have the brain and while you may lose credit (some or all) and may not get recognized, at least you are the brain!
In the end, Cap1 is a Bureaucratic / politically-charged workplace (I was a big fan of diplomacy) and there are many folks there who will stab you in the back just to get in front (which happens at many companies)..sorry this happened to them, it’s not cool but hopefully they are recognized as a great IC/contributor!!
I had it happen to me. I Was scheduled to present to a DM, to go to a VP regarding a change to policy. I presented it the day before to my PA, they asked me to share it with them, then added their name first and changed all the wording overnight. In the presentation they kept interrupting to give background and their perspective, then thanked me for putting it together and gathering their ideas.
It happened to me when I was there.
My entire architecture diagram was copied without any changes without referring to the original work.
This should have been a reference to my doc.
This was during my last week there and I was leaving in disgust anyways.
Slimy people in a slimy system.
Where is the proof? Are you the employee that had their work stolen?