davidquick t1_j2cqi93 wrote on December 31, 2022 at 7:17 AM

In a perfect world: yes, this.

But in the real world, read the room. Some people may not be in great situations at work and can't leave. If it's unusual at work for anyone to accept fault or admit they were wrong there's likely a good reason for that.

I've worked a big corporate job where your upward mobility was based largely on the appearance of rather than the substance of your work. So even doing good work you were better off never admitting fault because people would use that against you. That job wasn't for me but there were lots of people there with nowhere else to go. They weren't bad people, that was just the world they lived in.

So that said, read the room.

illcrx t1_j2eesz3 wrote on December 31, 2022 at 5:26 PM

Ya, a sad world where you have to hide.

core_al t1_j2f9hf3 wrote on December 31, 2022 at 8:59 PM

Well said. Also, 'keep your enemies closer' really means 'keep everyone closer' - you always have to keep track of others' mistakes so you can arm yourself with them when things go wrong and the fingerpointing starts.