Not that this is a huge deal but just something I’ve noticed with my manager.

5 Comments

1. AnonymousApril 3,2024 at 12:51PM UTC

   If it's your work, you should get credit.

2. AnonymousApril 3,2024 at 12:54PM UTC

   That's pretty annoying. but perhaps it's company policy that "only" managers are permitted to revise documents. Honestly, I would tactfully ask your manager about this. It's important for you to know and esp if there is a policy you are not aware of.

3. AnonymousApril 3,2024 at 1:46PM UTC

   It sounds like you are editing, but not writing the documents. If I write/create a document, my name is going on it even if it's edited by someone else. If I'm given something to edit and I delegate it to my staff for the first pass, I'm going to review and likely add some additional modifications, and so my initials will be on the edit when I send it back to whomever. If it comes up specifically, of course I would mention that my staff helped, but it's my responsibility and I'm the contact person for my area of responsibility so it would be wildly confusing to add multiple rounds of initials. It's bad enough keeping track even when it's just the managers.

4. AnonymousApril 4,2024 at 5:06PM UTC

   You could put a watermark on the bottom with their initials as caps and yours in lower case. You did not write the document you merely edited it. It should if you can look something like this:

   JM/tc

   If she is okay with that great. Then you can always reference your participation in it. If you haven't really created the content of it, let it go.

5. AnonymousApril 5,2024 at 12:43PM UTC

   Did you write or edit the main content of the document? It was not clear. If the content is primarily yours and you are entirely (good and bad) responsible for the document's content, then your name should be on it. If your manager had you edit something she wrote and must bear any consequences for the content, then her name should be on it.