As you may know, I'm coming to the end of my contract ( ). During a review of work done and work left to do, the boss casually mentioned that he'd take my little black book when I left.
Now this book is my work log and diary. It's got everything I've done on the project, all the meetings I've attended and a list (almost) everything I've sent and received with names and date. It's also got personal stuff in it, cos it's mine.
No-one appears to keep notes (or minutes) around here and there's little in the way of QA so there are no instructions on keeping minutes.
Also it's a moleskine book that cost me £11.
He didn't even say 'please' he just assumed that I'd give it to him and was surprised when I said no. 'But you've got everything in it!' was all he said, dismayed.
I quickly realised that this might cause problems, I said I'd consider his request.
If he got stroppy and said that there was company sensitive info in my book, where would I stand? I'm very reluctant to let this book go as you never know when you might refer back to it in the (unlikely, I hope) event of evidence needing to be produced.
(I like my boss, but was disappointed in him regarding this matter.)
Could I cause problems for myself by sticking to my guns, or should I use a marker pen to black-out the personal stuff and just hand it over?
Now this book is my work log and diary. It's got everything I've done on the project, all the meetings I've attended and a list (almost) everything I've sent and received with names and date. It's also got personal stuff in it, cos it's mine.
No-one appears to keep notes (or minutes) around here and there's little in the way of QA so there are no instructions on keeping minutes.
Also it's a moleskine book that cost me £11.
He didn't even say 'please' he just assumed that I'd give it to him and was surprised when I said no. 'But you've got everything in it!' was all he said, dismayed.
I quickly realised that this might cause problems, I said I'd consider his request.
If he got stroppy and said that there was company sensitive info in my book, where would I stand? I'm very reluctant to let this book go as you never know when you might refer back to it in the (unlikely, I hope) event of evidence needing to be produced.
(I like my boss, but was disappointed in him regarding this matter.)
Could I cause problems for myself by sticking to my guns, or should I use a marker pen to black-out the personal stuff and just hand it over?
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