Properly prepared documentation is essential to your survival in the workplace. Companies use documentation to their advantage. You need to use it to your advantage, too!
GUIDING PRINCIPLE
The less supportive the environment, the more I need to document; the more supportive the environment, the less I need to document.
The intent of documentation is to provide an accurate record of what you did, when you did it, and why. It is useful to have in a Supportive Environment and genuinely essential in light of accusations, innuendos, and rumors that frequently occur in a non-supportive environment.
Would you have the facts readily available if you were being interrogated by an boss angry about a lost file or a missed deadline? Most people don't!
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