Comment by cjaybo
2 years ago
> but managers aren’t acting in good faith
An overly broad statement which, my experience, is not true. Managers come in many shapes.
Although, I suppose ironically, if you act in bad faith as a response to this perception, then I think that perception will quickly become true.
Why is asking for requests to be in writing an "act of bad faith"? Literally cna't see a single outcome that would be an act of bad faith here.
If the project fails, and the manager tries to blame it on you, they are de facto acting out of bad faith given the request. Documenting it just identifies this. If the project succeeds or fails, but no one blames you, then the documented request is just there for the record.