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What should I do when a co-worker steals my ideas?
Question: “I’m searching for tips on how to handle co-workers who steal, tweak
and execute others’ ideas and then smile with glee when receiving
recognition for it. How should I handle it? Should I keep my ideas to
myself and only share them with upper management or in a group setting
where I’ll receive the credit?” —Lisa
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- August 12, 2010 at 11:41 pm
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I’m an idea person…I am also always tell everyone my ideas. It is only a problem with one particular co-worker, who I learned would take my ideas, then present them in private to our boss and other superiors as her own. It’s not honest. And as a result, I don’t share ideas with her anymore–which is a shame, because she was a smart cookie, and I really liked brainstorming with her. I guess she doesn’t feel confident enough to get ahead on her own merits. I wish I worked in an environment where everyone was open and shared ideas…and we all gave credit when credit was due. Instead, everyone’s just competing against everyone else on the team…and we end up producing less quality work overall.
- November 20, 2009 at 11:15 pm
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My friend David and I posted these comments to show our support for our Friend Charlie who was ridiculed by James Pergola and Milad Camisi. Charlie worked at Nespresso and was a smart employee and the team leaders treated Charlie and other smart employees badly by exploiting us and other smart employees who work hard. The supervisors at Nespresso take credit for other people’s ideas
- November 19, 2009 at 10:14 pm
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The bottom line is that no matter how you react , supervisors always will steal ideas from smart employees who they feel threatene by. I used to work at Nespresso Coffee Club and can honestly my former supervisors Milad Camisi and James Pergola would listen in to the sales calls of their smart employees and they would literally steal the sales ideas of these employees and take credit. Milad Camisi is the definitiona of evil. She would steal all of her employees sales ideas , take credit and then tried to fire these same employees that she stole from.
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Isn't is amazing how others want to take credit for good ideals. I keep dates/times and the ideal(s) of everything that I come up with. I do not share, unless I truly know the other person can add or improve upon what I have come up with then I always use a "let's work together so we can share the credit attitude", which does work even if I take a secondary seat once it is out there sometimes. Always, if I do this I let the person I have spoken with know someone in upper management like my suggestion to get some additional input from "you" i...(register to read more)