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> Whatever process you find yourself in, you have to be able to push back and say: "I'm working on X, if you want me to work on Y, what do you want first? What's the priority?"

I asked an ex-manager that once when I had 2 important issues to deal with. His response : "They're both important dude, get going on them."

I don't know how to respond to that. Assholes will be assholes I suppose.

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The way to respond to that is to say that time and resources are limited, he can choose which one he would like to prioritize. If he doesn't say you will pick one to work on and begin on the other afterward. If he doesn't like the one you worked on first, he should have chosen differently. You can physically only work on one thing at a time. They choose or you choose. You have the power.

> If he doesn't like the one you worked on first, he should have chosen differently.

And that, gives him power to fuck me over in my reviews if he doesn't like me. Logic didn't work on these assholes. I was told point blank in a conversation, "In this company, perception is reality.". So if someone "thinks" you were wrong, you were. Facts were not something people cared about.

If you are aware of the Gervais principle, this is a classic "heads I win, tails you lose" scenario. He covered his ass, and if things went wrong, fingers would be pointed at me.

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