The week my manager's 'emergency' project was just her kid's science fair volcano

I spent 12 hours over two days, including staying late on a Tuesday, sourcing weird materials and building a structurally sound, erupting volcano model, only to find out from a slip of the tongue by her assistant that it was for her 4th grader's school project, not the 'high-priority client demo' she told our team it was for.

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derek_coleman15d ago

Okay, calling it a "slip of the tongue" by the assistant is giving the manager too much credit. That assistant was probably so fed up with the lie that they let it out on purpose. The real issue is the manager using company time and her team for a personal errand and then lying about it being for a client. That's a huge breach of trust, not just an annoying task.

noahpark15d agoMost Upvoted

Oh absolutely, the assistant definitely let that "slip" on purpose. Classic case of a fed up employee throwing their boss under the bus with a single sentence. The manager's story was so flimsy, it was probably a relief for someone to finally pop that balloon. Using your team to run your personal errands is bad enough, but lying and saying it's for a client? That's next level awful. She turned a small annoying ask into a huge trust problem. Honestly, the assistant is the real hero here for exposing the whole thing.