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Should'nt your manager have been able to think through the process of moving the car even without your detailing, and if he\she hit a wall or wasn't going to meet the deadline, come to you with questions before the meeting and the deadline date? It somewhat reminds me of the speech Steve Jobs was said to give employees when they're promoted to management at Apple, which has been called the "Difference Between the Janitor and the Vice President." Jobs tells the VP that if the garbage in his office is not being emptied regularly for some reason, he would ask the janitor what the problem is. The janitor could reasonably respond by saying, "Well, the lock on the door was changed, and I couldn't get a key." It's an irritation for Jobs, but it's an understandable excuse for why the janitor couldn't do his job. As a janitor, he's allowed to have excuses. "When you're the janitor, reasons matter," Jobs tells newly minted VPs. "Somewhere between the janitor and the CEO, reasons stop mattering," says Jobs, adding, that Rubicon is "crossed when you become a VP." In other words, you (a manager) have no excuse for failure. You are now responsible for any mistakes (or delays) that happen, and it doesn't matter what you say. |