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Do not do it. A true leader would guide by example and never ask someone else to own their mistake. Document any communication regarding this request or really anything else, in case he/she tries to blame you anyways. I have a similar case with a lead on my team who is an absolute narcissist. The best way to deal with it is to distance yourself as much as possible, keep it short and professional, and remember you can’t trust the person even on their best day.
Chief
Cheers to recognizing this - narcissists are easy to deal with once you see them for who they are.
Tell that person to ask you this over an email, just so you don’t forget 😜
Really!
I would lie and say “Lying makes me break out in hives and my throat swells shut”.
(But I wouldn’t lie for them! )
If you want real advice you should probably tell the whole story as it feels like we may be missing some parts
Chief
Any updates OP?
Uhhhh, are you kidding me? Time for you to put on your big boy pants, laugh in his face before telling him to suck a fat one, grow some fucking balls and take ownership for his own mistake. And if he even thinks of throwing you under the bus you’re going to dismantle his credibility so swiftly and severely that he may as well start packing for China tonight b/c that’s the only place he’ll ever have a chance of restarting his career after they hear this. Then take the audio recording device out of your pocket and start playing it on repeat asking you to take the fall and walk out.
As the lead, even if the mistake was junior team member, they should be providing the air cover. Also, what kind of a mistake requires that kind of witch hunt??
Chief
Does ‘leadership’ really care? Just fix it and move on.
Good luck and report back tomorrow!
Please share this with your engagement lead. Your welcome!
No way no how. Leadership means accountability. If they made the mistake, they need to own it. The fact they even asked you to take the blame means they are not fit to lead. And to me, as a leader, it’s a little disappointing your engagement lead does not trust their leadership to react appropriately to them coming clean with what happened. We’ve all screwed up in our careers; stuff happens. It’s how you respond afterwards that tells me what type of person you are.
Unfortunately I agree with you. I came in from an outside company with a culture where we worked very hard to demonstrate accountability in all things, and where we stamped out such behaviour when it did occur. (We were decently good at filtering it out at the recruiting stage, so thankfully it was not a common occurrence.) I certainly saw this behaviour first hand quickly here, and within your own sphere of influence you can squash it, but outside of that I simply choose, to the greatest extent possible, not to play with people who act like this. We are a big enough company that you can build your network out of people you trust and who have a similar moral compass to you, and just not work with those who don’t. Is there a price to pay for that? Likely; others will manipulate and be rewarded, but you have to decide what’s important to you and stick to your guns.
Not your circus, not your monkey. Let the truth shine. Have the loser take responsibility. You owe it to yourself, your company and, most importantly, your client.
Ask the EL via email about the details of the screw up saying you’ll need to check how severe it is, just to make sure that you have evidence about the attempt to throw you under the bus. Then bring this up to the ethics committee, asking them for advice on how to proceed.
Gather some bullets, saying no likely won’t be the end of it, and they’ll somehow find a way to get your head under the guillotine. Check your state consent laws if you plan to record your next conversation or your butt will be on the line
Your EM has no clue what his responsibilities are. Fucking up is one thing, but blaming a subordinate too will make him look like an even bigger moron.
Must be Deloitte. Go snitch to a partner.
I feel you. I have a meeting in 30 minutes to explain to our internal Operations Control team the clusterfuck my boss (the partner) did regarding plannings, sales and more to give a rosy outlook of our unit, as if it was mine. And this is not the first time. I expect to get out with minor scratches, but who knows. #YOLO.
My gosh, if he expended half the time he wastes trying to look good actually visiting clients, we would be super rich already.
And of course, I'm considering alternatives indeed.
Still really curious in generalities what was the mistake?
OP how are you doing?
Rising Star
“Asking you” is a reportable offense. Just saying. If you have any written evidence, then file an ethics complaint
That’s going to be a hell no.
I find this so crazy. I’ve had multiple leads where, if it was me with the misstep or I didn’t communicate something properly, they would take point and blame or at least have communicated to me that if that were to happen, they are always there to back me up or be “the bad guy” wherever needed. I’m 2.5 years in so maybe it’s because they wanted me to learn and continue to grow my relationship w the client but I can’t imagine the opposite like you’re describing ever being the case
No, nah, hell nah!