[jmogly]

Early in my career I would build something I thought was useful, deploy it, meet with people within the company to get people to start using it. A lot of effort for something that would have a positive impact. My manager would schedule a meeting with me, and with a look of panic open with, “why didn’t you tell me about this or why did you do this?”. I understand now that before you start something, you need to decide who you are going to give credit to, and that person needs to be made aware that they will get credit for the project. Ideally your boss’s boss’s boss. Corporate caché only exist insofar as leadership allows it to exist, you gotta play the game. Pawns don’t get to take the glory for themselves.

[nebezb]

Were you doing it on your own time? From your described “a lot of effort,” I assume it was not but please correct me if I’m wrong.

If you’re being paid for your time by someone else, it’s fair to notify them how you plan to use a significant chunk of that money before you do it. Unless of course you were employed to _not_ do that.

I am not suggesting explaining a day or two of work. But it sounds like you’re talking weeks.

[jmogly]

It would be like if I was expected to deliver A by the end of the quarter and instead I delivered A + B. The value gain from B was more than A. Your manager (and hopefully higher up the org) better know about B, or they will attack it as a threat.

Also, I’m not being paid for my time, I’m being paid to do a job. “Trading your time for money” is one of the most self defeating views on work you can have. It reduces you from a worker with agency to a detached prostitue, and is harmful to both the employer and employee.

[quijoteuniv]

Not sure i understand what your are trying to say, good communication is definitely important, if only to serve oneself