Written warning from employer for following manager's instruction to deploy...
I'm wondering whether you wonderful people here could offer me some advice on how to deal with a written warning that I received today.BackgroundI've been working for a software company for the last 8...
View ArticleAnswer by nvoigt for Written warning from employer for following manager's...
As I don't know your jurisdiction, this is my personal opinion heavily based on European influences:You did what you were ordered to do. You knew it was potentially dangerous.Both you and your boss...
View ArticleAnswer by Julia Hayward for Written warning from employer for following...
If you were following explicit instructions from a superior, then you have a point in appealing. However, depending on your status and experience there would have been some expectation on you to...
View ArticleAnswer by Kilisi for Written warning from employer for following manager's...
I'd appeal and quietly start looking for a new job. No way I would want an accepted written warning on my record, never mind anything else. And it may be a prelude to termination in any case as the...
View ArticleAnswer by Dan for Written warning from employer for following manager's...
Honestly I'm surprised you were both not fired for this. This is a rather serious breach of customer confidence in the company. In the software development industry, as you know, playing with live data...
View ArticleAnswer by Xavier J for Written warning from employer for following manager's...
Do you think I have a point for appealing this decision? and if so, how would I approach it? We're a small company (10 employees), and I don't really want to make things awkward between me and my...
View ArticleAnswer by HopelessN00b for Written warning from employer for following...
This is what's often referred to as a "career limiting move" (or CLM). Regardless of whatever else happens, you're the guy who almost cost the company a £200,000 a year client. (Or the guy who actually...
View ArticleAnswer by Old_Lamplighter for Written warning from employer for following...
Appeal it. You may not win, but you can at least get your story out.Do so humbly, explain that you were told to do what you did, and ask what you should have done differently. Tell them that you take...
View ArticleAnswer by Salvador Dali for Written warning from employer for following...
As a developer, I believe that you handled the situation really badly and now trying to find some support that you are not to be blamed. In my opinion you should admit your mistake and either look how...
View ArticleAnswer by user57597 for Written warning from employer for following manager's...
You don't want take the main blame retroactively and others discussed that. However, you have to be aware that there most certainly is one thing that you and nobody else are to blame for: you installed...
View ArticleAnswer by Achilles for Written warning from employer for following manager's...
There are numerous comments and answers criticizing what the standard practices not being followed etc but I know from personal experience that such incidents are not too uncommon in small mom-n-pop...
View ArticleAnswer by Rob Moir for Written warning from employer for following manager's...
I feel strongly that you and your boss both deserve the warnings you each got for deploying a hotfix live into production and then going to lunch. The fact that you were ordered to deploy the hotfix...
View ArticleAnswer by Mr Me for Written warning from employer for following manager's...
Your manager's duty is to determine what needs to be done; set priorities, make tough decisions and the like.Your duty is to know how to do what needs to be done, to keep in mind best practices, to...
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