PM is the first to be blamed (when things aren’t going well) and the last to be thanked in good times (if you even get thanked/recognized). Anyone else frustrated with this?

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Three of my teams are awesome, but one account team repeatedly insinuates any problem is the PMs fault. Bunch of cover-my-ass people versus team players, trickle down attitude from their Director. Really dislike working with them, but it is my job, so I remove emotion.

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75% ain't bad. Possible to get any guidance or support from the other three?

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Nope. Part of the job. Fits with my personality that if I do my job right nobody notices. Leave the credit and circlejerk for leadership and leave me out of it.

As far as blame, your org should be solution driven when something goes sideways and not wrapped up in punishing the guilty. Methinks your company doesn’t have the right PM mindset. PMs are agents of change: we’re not in charge of actually doing the work.

Tbh very rarely. It’s a part of the job I understood coming into it.

Best advice I’ve received is to remove yourself emotionally from the work as best you can. We direct folks and plan things out for folks and push them in the right direction. Ultimately, we can’t hold their hand and make them do things. You give them all the tools you can but ultimately your team needs to USE those tools. If they don’t, sure you’ll get blamed but that’s just cause it’s easy.

I share the same sentiment echoed by others. I don’t get caught up with feeling at fault or working for the recognition. I understand that part of my job is to pave the way for others to be successful, and I’m actually okay with that. I know my authority is an unspoken one and honestly, this sort of emotional separation helps me keep my job at the office and prioritize my professional and personal life accordingly.

Agree with others. The sooner one understands this, the better one’s life will be. The gratitude will come from the team.

Think about this a lot, slowly getting over it too...

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