Timeline for How to Say "No" to my manager if he asks me to take his exams for him
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| May 13, 2017 at 18:23 | history | edited | Masked Man | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Reintroduced a point which was missed out in the previous edit.
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| May 13, 2017 at 18:10 | comment | added | Masked Man | @All This question bumped up to the front page today, and I realized that this answer I wrote some 2.5 years ago was way too pessimistic/paranoid to the current me's liking. I have redone parts of the answer to place less emphasis on the "what if he is trying to trick you" part, and focus on approaching the situation with a more positive mindset. | |
| May 13, 2017 at 18:06 | history | edited | Masked Man | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Made the answer less pessimistic/paranoid, removed anecdote which was just enforcing that pessimism.
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| Jan 7, 2015 at 11:43 | comment | added | Gusdor | A relative of mine was working as a marshal at an F1 event a number of years ago. He refused access to Bernie Eccelestone for the same ID badge issue and it went down very well in the debrief. tl;dr, following the rules is good for everyone, even if it isn't convenient. | |
| Jan 6, 2015 at 17:11 | comment | added | BrianH | On the anecdote: It reminds me of various comedy movies/shows where someone insists something like "Promise me that no matter what I say, don't do X, ok? ...ok, now do X. I told you not to that no matter what I say!!!" The only answer is in the future, if your manager asks you to do something they told you not to do, immediately karate chop them in the neck. Gotta nip these problems in the bud. | |
| Jan 6, 2015 at 16:54 | history | edited | Masked Man | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Wrong emphasis, fixed now.
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| Jan 6, 2015 at 16:40 | comment | added | Masked Man | @SteveJessop You do make a valid point. I posted the anecdote to point out that companies do perform such "surprise audits", not that I agree with its perceived effectiveness. Moreover, if company is secretly looking for an excuse to fire you, failing this silly test puts a trump card in their hand. No amount of arguing "I let my manager in, but I wouldn't have let a stranger in" will help, so it is better to follow the rules and be safe (as you said). Broken windows theory is also relevant. | |
| Jan 6, 2015 at 16:32 | comment | added | Steve Jessop | The technical term for asking someone to commit a misdeed and then reprimanding them for doing so, is "entrapment" :-) The police are restricted in how they use it precisely because it's so effective at causing crime that wouldn't otherwise happen. In this case, the fact someone lets their manager tailgate doesn't reveal whether they'd let anyone else do it. But even so people should be aware in a high-security environment that (a) their manager could be sacked at any time and try to get back into the building before all their reports have been told; (b) follow the fricking rules. | |
| Jan 6, 2015 at 16:20 | history | edited | Masked Man | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Added anecdote in support of the "sting operation" claim.
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| Jan 6, 2015 at 13:39 | history | answered | Masked Man | CC BY-SA 3.0 |