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oh no, a micro-manager...AIBU to write back a cheeky response....

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justhereforthecraic · 21/12/2022 13:01

My boss emailed my team this morning and requested the location of a document. Easily sorted, My colleague kindly emailed her back with the document attached as she had used it recently. My boss then asked if this could be "re-jigged" to include one more item ( which she listed). I like creative tasks so I replied saying i would happily play around with it to which all agreed. My colleague was delighted for it to be out of her hands as she was busy dealing with an emergency so thanked me for helping!

I did as requested by my boss and even made the document more "user-friendly". My colleagues all replied back when I sent it to them and agreed it was perfect and we moved on with our day. Our little team is usually good at coming together on tasks like this and we like to get things signed off quickly.

However, I've just had an email from my boss saying she has made a few small amendments to the document. I went into look at it and I barely recognize the document. She deleted 80% of what I had written and added in her ideas. I really want to respond and say, WOW where is the document I created and why did you bother agreeing to me doing it and then changing it ?!?!?! but that's not professional...

AIBU to write something back....if so what could I say that would get the point across without being rude or cheeky or should I just say nothing and move on with my day.

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KatherineJaneway · 23/12/2022 06:05

I just dont think it was done the way she wanted it done.

Surely this is the issue. You said you'd 'play around' with it but what you did didn't hit the mark for her, so she changed it. I can't see anything wrong here. Sometimes you don't have time to feedback on every document. Annoying but I'd just ask for feedback / clearer instructions in future.

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