Hi - any advice on dealing with these types of seniors who are reviewing my work:
1) the kind that send you praise privately if you do a good job BUT once you make a mistake makes sure to email their feedback to the partner and sometimes even third parties (like a vendor)
2) the kind whose edits are so inconsistent it is super hard to keep track and understand what they want from me. I try to remember what they say and how they think when drafting things, but they change their mind all the time

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It’s time to stand up for yourself. Keep all drafts and edits and remind them, “B is there because you added it yesterday. See attached. Going forward, should I do B or exclude it?”

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I worked with a guy who was #2. He just lateraled out. Praise the Lord!

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No advice for 1 (they just sound like an ass) but for 2 it could be that there’s context for the inconsistencies that they aren’t explaining. I agree with other suggestions to explain that you’ve included something based on previous examples. That should hopefully prompt them to explain any discrepancies.

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(2) so as a result, they are not happy with my work product, and I re-write every document 5 times and still never get it right. As an example, they would change A to B and tell me “I like B”, and then the next day they would edit B out in another matter and tell me “What the hell is B doing here in this document? I never (!) put B in my drafts”. I feel like I am going crazy.

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