GAH!
I work in PR and Communications. It’s a fast paced global business. Usually like that.
Anyway, love my boss. But she gets involved in every other department like she’s their boss. And essentially has trained me up to be the same....the “blocker” for everything that happens.
Her boss, a director, this week said to me I was pushing back on other departments too much.
What can I do?!
Anyway, a project was supposed to launch mid July. I’d done all the comms for it TWO WEEKS ago and supplied to the relevant department.
Yesterday they said they were going live on MONDAY instead....but hadn’t put any comms out.
I decided to find a balance between what my boss says I should do and her boss said I should do.
Yesterday I said if they want to lunch Monday, they need to pull their finger out and put out the stuff I sent over that day by EOP. They didn’t. And gave them a plan of action for what they should do between now and Monday and said it HAD to be done or this wasn’t going to work at all. I basically did damage limitation.
I would have pushed back more, but they’d already told SMT that it was launching. (SMT were also unaware of the project in general....not my job to tell them).
I asked my boss for a video call this morning to talk her through it. But I KNOW I’m going to get the flack for this. And I’m terrified.
I’m quite new in the job. Haven’t actually been in to the office because of corona and met anyone. Usually I am a bit more of a ‘bulldog’ like my boss wants me to be, but it’s difficult when you only meet people every now and then through a screen, don’t have a strong idea of how the business works or the office politics in general.
It’s just been really hard starting during lockdown and now I know I’m going to get bol*ocked at 9am and I’m petrified :(
How should I approach this? I don’t want to moan and pass the buck, but also want to save my own skin!