I got threatened today for doing my job... Perhaps I should actually reconsider looking for employment elsewhere.

@skyblond

Coworker is upset that I traveled into a gray area of activity in order to save the company a lot of money. Now I'm threatened to revert back to the costly way of doing things which has thus set the company back years of progress and millions of dollars.

@lucifargundam Hmmm... What kind of gray? If it doesn't hurt anyone, I think it's fine. Also, you mentioned that "set the company back years of progress", which I assume it's not you leading the company into this gray area, instead, the company is already there.

What did the leader say?

@skyblond

>>Hmmm... What kind of gray? If it doesn't hurt anyone, I think it's fine.
It has to do with security policies. Most people in the company aren't readily capable to mitigating such problems. My experience in such things is one of the reasons I was brought in.

>>Also, you mentioned that "set the company back years of progress", which I assume it's not you leading the company into this gray area, instead, the company is already there.
The company is behind- i'm catching it up. The current policies are restrictive as to prevent people from making really bad mistakes- ones that most dont care about to pay attention to. My plan was to wipe my hands of it after I was done- and let someone else take control after.

>> What did the leader say?
I'll find out in about 8 hours

@lucifargundam Sounds like you're going to change something, kind of fundamental of the company. There are always some people who hate changes and new rules, but they will eventually be there (if they're good for the company). If that's the reason you're there, and with the encouragement from higher up, I'd say do it.

However, maybe I'm being overly paranoid, but I would suggest that you seek an effective form of reassurance (rather than verbal encouragement) from your leader. In China, many subordinates will become scapegoats for their leaders when things get out of hand.

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