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Funny thing is, his boss knows I make those reports for him, because he calls me directly when he wants changes to the spreadsheets. Something along the lines of "I would ask John to do it, but it's quite clear he doesn't know how to".
FP Edit: send me pictures of the most beautiful spreadsheets you've created :)
Ughforgetit
I want to point out the irony here, not crediting nedroid.com, the original artist of this comic
DrunkSnowWhite
To this day, I have no idea where I learned how to use most microsoft office programs,
painter2002
I’m a business analyst, so I can totally relate. I’d share my most beautiful excel workbook but think I’d get fired for that lol.
Loctagge
You ever consider that maybe his boss' boss knows you make those because your boss tells him?
Loveshead2
Excel is the best program ever. Keep the "Author" field filled out. He'll never know how to change it.
lawideas
Make the spreadsheets so complicated he has to bring you in that meeting to explain it.,
camn333
Been there, done that. Let me assure you, management meetings are NOT a good way to spend 1-2 hours of your day.
gonnaneedadoctor
Always add your name to the "Author"
dinglemccringle
You can edit the properties of the document to put your name as the owner lol. Solid proof that it was yours originally
Roobix
Um, I too would like to see some beautiful spreadsheets...
cousteau
"So you're telling me my boss made this spreadsheet? Yeah… could you go to cell IV65536? See that drawing of my boss? It's mine."
FrancoUnAmerican
It's called intellectual property. You sign it when you were hired. Everything you create is property of the business.
textilelover
He's not creating new ideas, he's doing his job formatting data. This does not apply.
TheBattleBuddy
Found OP's boss.
camn333
TeamTelcom
FuzzyNutSak
SlothMark
ICheckSpellingAndSuch
ruferto
does he directly claim its his work? or just presents it w/o passing down credit?
camn333
According to someone in one meeting, his words were "let me show you part of the analysis with this spreadsheet I made". Then he proceeded
camn333
to butcher the analysis because he didn't quite understand the spreadsheet and how the values were processed.
ruferto
well as long as you're getting recognized and he's eating his own poo then its fine
TheS4ndm4n
Excel adds the author's name to the document properties.
camn333
Yep, I make sure it shows my name and that is it, because I know no one knows where to find/change that information.
plasticsufurias
Good for you!
Cilvaa
There's a whole bunch of metadata options in Excel. Plaster your name all over all of them. Better yet, a code only you can decipher.
TheCountOfMonteCristoFrs3
I MADE THIS FOR YOU!!! Drink the hot kool aid brother.
Muireartach
For the first time in my life I have a boss who actually credits me for the work I do and colleagues who praise each other for good work <3
Muireartach
Wish I could bring them all with me when I move across the planet in a few months...
varrdak
Hide a sheet in it that is an "Instructions page" with your signature as a password. Especially for files you send too clients.
DoomOnYou
Uh-uh. Put your name in the VBE, then password-protect the VB project. That's the most secure location in any Office file.
DoomOnYou
My most beautiful creations are addins; pics would have to be from the VBE.
yummylittledinosaur
Email it to your boss saying “I’ve made this as requested” and cc in the general manager - to be helpful and speed up the delivery.
hEaDb3ntOv3rRaisEth3PostEriOr
Typical government work
coldtoucher
GraduateArc8298
College
AlwaysUpvoteBunnies
Have you been spying on me at work?
blackholevoid10011
I really need to get on excel. These nerds are making me realize how little I able to do with it.
RampantWolf
I always place an invisible block with my signature. If they try to take credit I am ready to call them on it. Or make hidden formulas
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camn333
I simply make sure the author part of the file says my name, since I'm certain no one here knows where to find/change that ;)
pigs3different1s
Nice
SgtKnux
I hide my info in the VBA.
Root0syntax7
?
SgtKnux
Visual Basic. Open it up, double-click ThisWorkbook, and put a ' in front of your info.
yaugarap
How you hide the formulas?
RampantWolf
https://www.pryor.com/blog/how-to-hide-excel-formulas-and-protect-your-spreadsheet/ here's a an easy how to with other stuff.
MurphyPandorasLawBox
There are several ways to effectively hide them. Google is your friend.
relicen
You could just color the letters white.
Root0syntax7
Nobody knows.
Root0syntax7
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IronRod
With invisible ink.
51CorgisInABar
One would be to save a template separately and then copy/paste values into a different sheet so they HAVE to come to you
rawrkittensilovethem
Yes. Or password protect important cells so they can't click into things. How did you make the spreadsheet if you can't click on it Brenda?
FuturePerfectTense
Fucking Brenda.
renkbro
I am so sick of Brenda's shit
UnsecuredWifi
Leadership 101.
metalfoto
+1 Catbert
DoublevBomb
One of these applies,
CardboardPizzas
Good old Vincent Adultman from the business factory.
cybermage256
As a manager I'm proud to say I don't know how to do complicated spreadsheets.
netharia
Hi John.
Fastolfe
UnsecuredWifi
If they’re user friendly and consolidate/organize large amounts of data, then they can be very helpful to the team.
camn333
This. Pay close attention to the user friendly part of it, I've seen some great files that only the creators really knew how to use.
altPOTUS
im creating a spreadsheet right now, not for my job, but for gaming community use. Im trying to make it completely user friendly.
altPOTUS
I am making it for Monster Hunter World, and it has an interactive builder, with dynamic data and dependent dropdowns and shit.
PompatusOfLove
Unpopular opinion: Make your boss/manager look good. It pays off. Source: CEO myself. We know what's going on.
sunyudai
An almost as unpopular opinion: That goes both ways. If your manager is seen looking out for their team, the team will look out for them.
sunyudai
If your team isn't willing to look out for their manager, a question you should be asking is: Why?
CycloneSP
"because they are lazy good for nothings that get paid more than they deserve to sit around and do nothing" -bad manager maybe
camn333
I try to, honest to god I do, but the guy can't seem to understand what I do, so he never does a good job trying to explain it to his boss.
camn333
Which is why I get calls from his boss directly asking for stuff. I know that's not good for him, but there isn't much I can do about it.
PompatusOfLove
Explain to him what you've done, so he explains it better.
DecapitatedJizzWizard
Sooo what the fuck do they pay him for again? Just to be a middleman for you and his boss? Lol
camn333
I'm sure (or at least hope) he is good at dealing with stuff from the rest of the people he manages. Otherwise... he is just a mailman.
p75369
Depending on if you like your technical role. They can also act as a valuable wall to keep higher management out of your hair. 1/2
lRogueShadow
Any advice or suggests on where I can learn these complex spreadsheet/excel techniques ?
lRogueShadow
Loads of resources for coding, but I’d like to learn how to better my extremely basic excel skills. Thanks
NapParty
Google, man. Tons of walk through tutorials to get to whatever goal you want. Excel can do anything!
camn333
AlwaysUpvoteBunnies
I had 6 years of practice at googling how to make Excel do things in college. My supervisors think I'm some sort of wizard/god now
EnzoGlitch
Fuck that noise, I hate taking over people's complicated excelworkbooks, you can keep ownership.
Greyeyes1973
22 years in IT and Excel is still my arch nemesis
bakezzz
Excel should be like coding. The code should be easy to follow for other coders, otherwise its shit.
AzizLiiiiiiiiiiight
That’s because your average business world excel skills are -1 out of 10. Yet if you ask someone to rate their proficiency they’ll be like:7
Bappy211
Why is mastered excel, my supervisor can do what she needs to, but anything past something basic I’m the one needed...which is kind of nice
skippi99r
i dont hear anything
camn333
The fact that most people in management here think somewhat-simple spreadsheets are a work of magic adds to the confusion.
Equinox13
It sounds like the mindset of some of my older college professors whenever they'd have computer trouble.
IHAVENIPPLES
If you haven't already go into settings of your MOffice and do a embedded signature so all documents originating from you is signed
thisisagreatusernamedontworryitswonderful
100% of bosses I've had think dragging an equation down a column and adding error bars to graphs makes me a voodoo wizard
camn333
*Changes format to one cell* "Wow, you really know your way around this thing"
51CorgisInABar
I had a boss who asked me where I learned all the stuff I knew on excel - I made a spreadsheet for my DnD campaign with character sheets,
51CorgisInABar
an auto-calculating health bar for every character and enemy, a battle mat that would track health, damage, auto-order initiative, and a
thisisagreatusernamedontworryitswonderful
*input basic statistic equation* wow, that's unbelievable!
futureman3000
*opens a folder and double-clicks an excel file* "WHAT SORCERY IS THIS!?"