i work [-----] that has a branch in israel. small part of my responsibilities include [-----]. also dealing with [-----]. for a year+, ive [-----]. i just [-----]. so far that’s kept anyone from buggin me about them.

recently they’ve been more persistent, and [-----]. i [-----]. im worried things will come to a head and they’ll try to force my hand to help them. there’s no one else i can pawn the work off to. i dont know if my boss would have my back, prob not

am i being silly? does refusing to help them do anything? i wont be homeless if i lose my job, but i really dont want to. its impossible to find a job in my field these days, and especially finding a job that isnt also supporting something just as awful. just by working here i guess im supprting the overall [-----] and by extension instreal, so does it make a difference or am i just doing this to lie to myself

ill probably delete this in a few days because im worried itll fingerprint me too much. i made typos and changed my righting style around to try and prevent fingerprinting me based on that. soz if that hurts ur eyez

edit. thx all for the postings. redacting some info to not link back to me. leaving the gist of it

  • Chana [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
    15·
    24 days ago

    Always project that you are helpful and competent. Even while sabotaging.

    Offer to have meetings. Use them to gather information and generate technical documents. Have waaaay too many meetings and make them challenging to schedule. They’re in Israel? Schedule them for a Friday evening their time (Friday morning for you). You need interviews with several people to figure out what’s wrong.

    Create a plan to address their issues. Find ways to make them slow or eventually break. Include unnecessary elements that depend on them going to more meetings. Put these into your plan so that it looks like you are trying hard. Demonstrate progress on this monumentous task and make sure they provide official appreciation of your efforts. Move it along just fast enough that they don’t try to get anyone else to help.

    You will likely have to complete the task or get another job eventually. If you can find a way to make the system break without pointing fingers at you, then you can redo this whole process after just a few weeks or months. It’s not realistic for this job to never get done, they will eventually have someone else do it, possibly taking your job. So just make it slow, sabotage them if possible, and start looking for another job.