WorkBench · Juror Vale
Judge me for correcting my name on the slide after they presented my work
I built the deck. Twelve nights. My lead presented it to the client with their name in the footer on every slide. After the call I emailed the client, the lead, and our director a one-line note: 'For the record, I authored slides 3–18. Happy to walk through the model.' I did not use the word stolen.
The lead told HR I 'undermined the room.' The client asked me to join the next call. I am now on a performance plan for 'communication tone.'
Their side
They would say decks are team artifacts, that footers are branding, and that emailing the client made them look dishonest in front of money. They would say I should have spoken to them first.
Ask: Is a one-line correction after the fact professional — or a public hanging?
The jury
Guilty16 · 21%
Not Guilty44 · 56%
Both13 · 17%
Hung5 · 6%