As the admin assistant for my job, I word process the edits in the specifications we send out from our mechanical engineering firm. Once I finish doing the edits from the markups that the guys give me, I go back and double check my work.
So today, my "supervisor" asks me the ominous question, "Has XXX (one of the owners) said anything about a spec you did in the past few weeks?" No, he hasn't said anything to me. Was there an issue with the spec? "When they got to the meeting with it, there were a whole lot of errors. But don't say anything, just let XXX bring it up."
OK, well, if it's been weeks then he isn't going to bring it up. Either it wasn't that big of a deal and she's just getting some jabs in (she's been known to do that in the past, someone says something and she blows it up into a huge issue with me...), or he just doesn't want to say anything to me about it. If that's the case, it really bothers me. I can't fix something if I don't know there's anything wrong. I still hate it that the engineers go to her to complain about my position. At least that's what happened in the past, and she sure gives that impression that it still goes on. If I did something wrong, tell me. If I'm messing something up, let me know so I can fix it.
So why would she do that and tell me not to say anything about it? Should I go talk to XXX anyway and play dumb? Just say that she asked if he had said anything to me about a spec?
So today, my "supervisor" asks me the ominous question, "Has XXX (one of the owners) said anything about a spec you did in the past few weeks?" No, he hasn't said anything to me. Was there an issue with the spec? "When they got to the meeting with it, there were a whole lot of errors. But don't say anything, just let XXX bring it up."
OK, well, if it's been weeks then he isn't going to bring it up. Either it wasn't that big of a deal and she's just getting some jabs in (she's been known to do that in the past, someone says something and she blows it up into a huge issue with me...), or he just doesn't want to say anything to me about it. If that's the case, it really bothers me. I can't fix something if I don't know there's anything wrong. I still hate it that the engineers go to her to complain about my position. At least that's what happened in the past, and she sure gives that impression that it still goes on. If I did something wrong, tell me. If I'm messing something up, let me know so I can fix it.
So why would she do that and tell me not to say anything about it? Should I go talk to XXX anyway and play dumb? Just say that she asked if he had said anything to me about a spec?