Mixing
Boss didn't invite me for a conference in town - should I bring this up? [closed]
Clash Royale CLAN TAG#URR8PPP
.everyoneloves__top-leaderboard:empty,.everyoneloves__mid-leaderboard:empty margin-bottom:0;
up vote
0
down vote
favorite
There was a decently big conference in town recently, and my boss is very involved - knows the organizer, went himself, but absolutely didn't mention it to me and didn't invite me. I found out via third parties who also knew the organizer and did invite me. I opted not to go due to this situation with my boss, even though I wanted to.
Now the thing is, this conference is specifically for a technology stack I work in virtually every day, and I work in a very small company - I deal directly with this boss every day, and he is also the owner.
I don't want to say I feel slighted, but I'm not quite sure why I wouldn't be at the very least invited to an event like this. It is a good networking and cross pollination opportunity.
Should I bring this up? The only reasons I can think of that my boss wouldn't invite me are if he feels I'm incompetent (unlikely but possible) or if he is fearful I will meet other people, compare notes and decide to leave ship. I feel slighted, but I'm not sure if this is a wise idea to bring up, or if I should just assume my boss does not have my career interests at heart.
employer
asked Aug 22 '16 at 3:59
David Brandtz
1,68721016
closed as off-topic by gnat, Chris E, Lilienthal♦, Masked Man♦, IDrinkandIKnowThings Aug 25 '16 at 15:52
This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:
- "Questions asking for advice on what to do are not practical answerable questions (e.g. "what job should I take?", or "what skills should I learn?"). Questions should get answers explaining why and how to make a decision, not advice on what to do. For more information, click here." – Chris E, Lilienthal, Masked Man, IDrinkandIKnowThings
suggest improvements |Â
up vote
0
down vote
favorite
There was a decently big conference in town recently, and my boss is very involved - knows the organizer, went himself, but absolutely didn't mention it to me and didn't invite me. I found out via third parties who also knew the organizer and did invite me. I opted not to go due to this situation with my boss, even though I wanted to.
Now the thing is, this conference is specifically for a technology stack I work in virtually every day, and I work in a very small company - I deal directly with this boss every day, and he is also the owner.
I don't want to say I feel slighted, but I'm not quite sure why I wouldn't be at the very least invited to an event like this. It is a good networking and cross pollination opportunity.
Should I bring this up? The only reasons I can think of that my boss wouldn't invite me are if he feels I'm incompetent (unlikely but possible) or if he is fearful I will meet other people, compare notes and decide to leave ship. I feel slighted, but I'm not sure if this is a wise idea to bring up, or if I should just assume my boss does not have my career interests at heart.
employer
asked Aug 22 '16 at 3:59
David Brandtz
1,68721016
closed as off-topic by gnat, Chris E, Lilienthal♦, Masked Man♦, IDrinkandIKnowThings Aug 25 '16 at 15:52
This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:
- "Questions asking for advice on what to do are not practical answerable questions (e.g. "what job should I take?", or "what skills should I learn?"). Questions should get answers explaining why and how to make a decision, not advice on what to do. For more information, click here." – Chris E, Lilienthal, Masked Man, IDrinkandIKnowThings
1
"Should I bring this up?" Note that questions asking "Should I...?" are generally considered off-topic, because what to do is a personal decision. Try rephrasing it to ask something more concrete, such as "How can I address this with my boss?", or "How can I find out why s/he did this?".
– sleske
Aug 22 '16 at 6:53
suggest improvements |Â
up vote
0
down vote
favorite
up vote
0
down vote
favorite
There was a decently big conference in town recently, and my boss is very involved - knows the organizer, went himself, but absolutely didn't mention it to me and didn't invite me. I found out via third parties who also knew the organizer and did invite me. I opted not to go due to this situation with my boss, even though I wanted to.
Now the thing is, this conference is specifically for a technology stack I work in virtually every day, and I work in a very small company - I deal directly with this boss every day, and he is also the owner.
I don't want to say I feel slighted, but I'm not quite sure why I wouldn't be at the very least invited to an event like this. It is a good networking and cross pollination opportunity.
Should I bring this up? The only reasons I can think of that my boss wouldn't invite me are if he feels I'm incompetent (unlikely but possible) or if he is fearful I will meet other people, compare notes and decide to leave ship. I feel slighted, but I'm not sure if this is a wise idea to bring up, or if I should just assume my boss does not have my career interests at heart.
employer
asked Aug 22 '16 at 3:59
David Brandtz
1,68721016
There was a decently big conference in town recently, and my boss is very involved - knows the organizer, went himself, but absolutely didn't mention it to me and didn't invite me. I found out via third parties who also knew the organizer and did invite me. I opted not to go due to this situation with my boss, even though I wanted to.
Now the thing is, this conference is specifically for a technology stack I work in virtually every day, and I work in a very small company - I deal directly with this boss every day, and he is also the owner.
I don't want to say I feel slighted, but I'm not quite sure why I wouldn't be at the very least invited to an event like this. It is a good networking and cross pollination opportunity.
Should I bring this up? The only reasons I can think of that my boss wouldn't invite me are if he feels I'm incompetent (unlikely but possible) or if he is fearful I will meet other people, compare notes and decide to leave ship. I feel slighted, but I'm not sure if this is a wise idea to bring up, or if I should just assume my boss does not have my career interests at heart.
employer
asked Aug 22 '16 at 3:59
David Brandtz
1,68721016
asked Aug 22 '16 at 3:59
David Brandtz
1,68721016
asked Aug 22 '16 at 3:59
David Brandtz
1,68721016
asked Aug 22 '16 at 3:59
David Brandtz
1,68721016
1,68721016
closed as off-topic by gnat, Chris E, Lilienthal♦, Masked Man♦, IDrinkandIKnowThings Aug 25 '16 at 15:52
This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:
- "Questions asking for advice on what to do are not practical answerable questions (e.g. "what job should I take?", or "what skills should I learn?"). Questions should get answers explaining why and how to make a decision, not advice on what to do. For more information, click here." – Chris E, Lilienthal, Masked Man, IDrinkandIKnowThings
closed as off-topic by gnat, Chris E, Lilienthal♦, Masked Man♦, IDrinkandIKnowThings Aug 25 '16 at 15:52
This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:
- "Questions asking for advice on what to do are not practical answerable questions (e.g. "what job should I take?", or "what skills should I learn?"). Questions should get answers explaining why and how to make a decision, not advice on what to do. For more information, click here." – Chris E, Lilienthal, Masked Man, IDrinkandIKnowThings
1
"Should I bring this up?" Note that questions asking "Should I...?" are generally considered off-topic, because what to do is a personal decision. Try rephrasing it to ask something more concrete, such as "How can I address this with my boss?", or "How can I find out why s/he did this?".
– sleske
Aug 22 '16 at 6:53
suggest improvements |Â
1
"Should I bring this up?" Note that questions asking "Should I...?" are generally considered off-topic, because what to do is a personal decision. Try rephrasing it to ask something more concrete, such as "How can I address this with my boss?", or "How can I find out why s/he did this?".
– sleske
Aug 22 '16 at 6:53
1
1
"Should I bring this up?" Note that questions asking "Should I...?" are generally considered off-topic, because what to do is a personal decision. Try rephrasing it to ask something more concrete, such as "How can I address this with my boss?", or "How can I find out why s/he did this?".
– sleske
Aug 22 '16 at 6:53
"Should I bring this up?" Note that questions asking "Should I...?" are generally considered off-topic, because what to do is a personal decision. Try rephrasing it to ask something more concrete, such as "How can I address this with my boss?", or "How can I find out why s/he did this?".
– sleske
Aug 22 '16 at 6:53
suggest improvements |Â
3 Answers
3
active
oldest
votes
up vote
3
down vote
It's purely up to the boss if he deems there is reason enough for you to go to conferences. Second guessing his reasoning is not very constructive. Questioning his reasoning to his face even less so.
answered Aug 22 '16 at 4:31
Kilisi
94.3k50216374
My reasoning is this - if he's not interested in my professional development, then this is a situation I need to sever. If a boss is uninterested in my professional development, then simply put I am uninterested in working for his company.
– David Brandtz
Aug 22 '16 at 5:24
That's a whole other question and being opinion based isn't really answerable here. It certainly looks like he's not interested in you furthering yourself, but who's to know? You should have attended yourself if you wanted to. The implication if you go with your boss is that you rep the company.
– Kilisi
Aug 22 '16 at 5:32
2
@JoeC - for you, not inviting you to this conference is a sign that he is not interested in your professional development? That doesn't make sense to me. You should check that assumption with your manager.
– WorkerDrone
Aug 22 '16 at 15:43
suggest improvements |Â
up vote
3
down vote
By invite you, do you mean to say that you expected your boss to pay for it? Or do you mean just an invitation?
In either case, why would you not bring it up yourself if you knew about it beforehand? A simple "do you know about XYZ conference? I am thinking of attending and want to check with you whether it would be useful considering I work everyday on topic XYZ. Also, any chance that the company can cover the registration cost?"
This seems like an issue that arose only because you wanted your boss to give you a royal invitation... (s)he may have simply forgotten to ask you or it could've just slipped his/her mind.
answered Aug 22 '16 at 4:35
player87
7382414
I actually didn't find out about it until the night before (it was over the weekend). And there's absolutely no way he forgot to ask me. It's the most major conference in the area for our company's particular technology stack, and he deals with me, as a direct report with only a couple of other people in the company. He's also friends with the organizer. As this is my boss' event (by proxy of his friend) I wouldn't want to show up without a personal invitation by him.
– David Brandtz
Aug 22 '16 at 5:14
@JoeC You're overthinking this, people forget a lot. Unless your boss hates you or something it most likely just slipped his/her mind. And if that was the case, there would be other signs. And, I've never heard of this I can't go unless I was personally invited rule. It's a conference, not a wedding! People won't hand you things on a silver platter, you gotta ask for a silver platter.
– player87
Aug 23 '16 at 5:24
suggest improvements |Â
up vote
3
down vote
My personal test to see if I will recommend an employee for a conference is: does that employee care enough to take the initiative to find the conference that fits and ask me?
If I start to go round and ask people if they want to attend, from my experience I get the people that really want to go, some people that are reluctant to go but don't want to say no and a whole bunch of people that just take part because it's a day off from their regular work routine.
So if you want to go somewhere, gather information and go ask your boss about it, don't wait for your boss to do that.
Personally, I don't know why you did not take the other invitation you had. I would have asked my boss on my own initiative. If he'd said no, I would have taken the other invitation and went anyway, on my own time.
answered Aug 22 '16 at 16:01
nvoigt
42.4k18104146
suggest improvements |Â
3 Answers
3
active
oldest
votes
3 Answers
3
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
up vote
3
down vote
It's purely up to the boss if he deems there is reason enough for you to go to conferences. Second guessing his reasoning is not very constructive. Questioning his reasoning to his face even less so.
answered Aug 22 '16 at 4:31
Kilisi
94.3k50216374
My reasoning is this - if he's not interested in my professional development, then this is a situation I need to sever. If a boss is uninterested in my professional development, then simply put I am uninterested in working for his company.
– David Brandtz
Aug 22 '16 at 5:24
That's a whole other question and being opinion based isn't really answerable here. It certainly looks like he's not interested in you furthering yourself, but who's to know? You should have attended yourself if you wanted to. The implication if you go with your boss is that you rep the company.
– Kilisi
Aug 22 '16 at 5:32
2
@JoeC - for you, not inviting you to this conference is a sign that he is not interested in your professional development? That doesn't make sense to me. You should check that assumption with your manager.
– WorkerDrone
Aug 22 '16 at 15:43
suggest improvements |Â
up vote
3
down vote
It's purely up to the boss if he deems there is reason enough for you to go to conferences. Second guessing his reasoning is not very constructive. Questioning his reasoning to his face even less so.
answered Aug 22 '16 at 4:31
Kilisi
94.3k50216374
My reasoning is this - if he's not interested in my professional development, then this is a situation I need to sever. If a boss is uninterested in my professional development, then simply put I am uninterested in working for his company.
– David Brandtz
Aug 22 '16 at 5:24
That's a whole other question and being opinion based isn't really answerable here. It certainly looks like he's not interested in you furthering yourself, but who's to know? You should have attended yourself if you wanted to. The implication if you go with your boss is that you rep the company.
– Kilisi
Aug 22 '16 at 5:32
2
@JoeC - for you, not inviting you to this conference is a sign that he is not interested in your professional development? That doesn't make sense to me. You should check that assumption with your manager.
– WorkerDrone
Aug 22 '16 at 15:43
suggest improvements |Â
up vote
3
down vote
up vote
3
down vote
It's purely up to the boss if he deems there is reason enough for you to go to conferences. Second guessing his reasoning is not very constructive. Questioning his reasoning to his face even less so.
answered Aug 22 '16 at 4:31
Kilisi
94.3k50216374
It's purely up to the boss if he deems there is reason enough for you to go to conferences. Second guessing his reasoning is not very constructive. Questioning his reasoning to his face even less so.
answered Aug 22 '16 at 4:31
Kilisi
94.3k50216374
answered Aug 22 '16 at 4:31
Kilisi
94.3k50216374
answered Aug 22 '16 at 4:31
Kilisi
94.3k50216374
answered Aug 22 '16 at 4:31
Kilisi
94.3k50216374
94.3k50216374
My reasoning is this - if he's not interested in my professional development, then this is a situation I need to sever. If a boss is uninterested in my professional development, then simply put I am uninterested in working for his company.
– David Brandtz
Aug 22 '16 at 5:24
That's a whole other question and being opinion based isn't really answerable here. It certainly looks like he's not interested in you furthering yourself, but who's to know? You should have attended yourself if you wanted to. The implication if you go with your boss is that you rep the company.
– Kilisi
Aug 22 '16 at 5:32
2
@JoeC - for you, not inviting you to this conference is a sign that he is not interested in your professional development? That doesn't make sense to me. You should check that assumption with your manager.
– WorkerDrone
Aug 22 '16 at 15:43
suggest improvements |Â
My reasoning is this - if he's not interested in my professional development, then this is a situation I need to sever. If a boss is uninterested in my professional development, then simply put I am uninterested in working for his company.
– David Brandtz
Aug 22 '16 at 5:24
That's a whole other question and being opinion based isn't really answerable here. It certainly looks like he's not interested in you furthering yourself, but who's to know? You should have attended yourself if you wanted to. The implication if you go with your boss is that you rep the company.
– Kilisi
Aug 22 '16 at 5:32
2
@JoeC - for you, not inviting you to this conference is a sign that he is not interested in your professional development? That doesn't make sense to me. You should check that assumption with your manager.
– WorkerDrone
Aug 22 '16 at 15:43
My reasoning is this - if he's not interested in my professional development, then this is a situation I need to sever. If a boss is uninterested in my professional development, then simply put I am uninterested in working for his company.
– David Brandtz
Aug 22 '16 at 5:24
My reasoning is this - if he's not interested in my professional development, then this is a situation I need to sever. If a boss is uninterested in my professional development, then simply put I am uninterested in working for his company.
– David Brandtz
Aug 22 '16 at 5:24
That's a whole other question and being opinion based isn't really answerable here. It certainly looks like he's not interested in you furthering yourself, but who's to know? You should have attended yourself if you wanted to. The implication if you go with your boss is that you rep the company.
– Kilisi
Aug 22 '16 at 5:32
That's a whole other question and being opinion based isn't really answerable here. It certainly looks like he's not interested in you furthering yourself, but who's to know? You should have attended yourself if you wanted to. The implication if you go with your boss is that you rep the company.
– Kilisi
Aug 22 '16 at 5:32
2
2
@JoeC - for you, not inviting you to this conference is a sign that he is not interested in your professional development? That doesn't make sense to me. You should check that assumption with your manager.
– WorkerDrone
Aug 22 '16 at 15:43
@JoeC - for you, not inviting you to this conference is a sign that he is not interested in your professional development? That doesn't make sense to me. You should check that assumption with your manager.
– WorkerDrone
Aug 22 '16 at 15:43
suggest improvements |Â
up vote
3
down vote
By invite you, do you mean to say that you expected your boss to pay for it? Or do you mean just an invitation?
In either case, why would you not bring it up yourself if you knew about it beforehand? A simple "do you know about XYZ conference? I am thinking of attending and want to check with you whether it would be useful considering I work everyday on topic XYZ. Also, any chance that the company can cover the registration cost?"
This seems like an issue that arose only because you wanted your boss to give you a royal invitation... (s)he may have simply forgotten to ask you or it could've just slipped his/her mind.
answered Aug 22 '16 at 4:35
player87
7382414
I actually didn't find out about it until the night before (it was over the weekend). And there's absolutely no way he forgot to ask me. It's the most major conference in the area for our company's particular technology stack, and he deals with me, as a direct report with only a couple of other people in the company. He's also friends with the organizer. As this is my boss' event (by proxy of his friend) I wouldn't want to show up without a personal invitation by him.
– David Brandtz
Aug 22 '16 at 5:14
@JoeC You're overthinking this, people forget a lot. Unless your boss hates you or something it most likely just slipped his/her mind. And if that was the case, there would be other signs. And, I've never heard of this I can't go unless I was personally invited rule. It's a conference, not a wedding! People won't hand you things on a silver platter, you gotta ask for a silver platter.
– player87
Aug 23 '16 at 5:24
suggest improvements |Â
up vote
3
down vote
By invite you, do you mean to say that you expected your boss to pay for it? Or do you mean just an invitation?
In either case, why would you not bring it up yourself if you knew about it beforehand? A simple "do you know about XYZ conference? I am thinking of attending and want to check with you whether it would be useful considering I work everyday on topic XYZ. Also, any chance that the company can cover the registration cost?"
This seems like an issue that arose only because you wanted your boss to give you a royal invitation... (s)he may have simply forgotten to ask you or it could've just slipped his/her mind.
answered Aug 22 '16 at 4:35
player87
7382414
I actually didn't find out about it until the night before (it was over the weekend). And there's absolutely no way he forgot to ask me. It's the most major conference in the area for our company's particular technology stack, and he deals with me, as a direct report with only a couple of other people in the company. He's also friends with the organizer. As this is my boss' event (by proxy of his friend) I wouldn't want to show up without a personal invitation by him.
– David Brandtz
Aug 22 '16 at 5:14
@JoeC You're overthinking this, people forget a lot. Unless your boss hates you or something it most likely just slipped his/her mind. And if that was the case, there would be other signs. And, I've never heard of this I can't go unless I was personally invited rule. It's a conference, not a wedding! People won't hand you things on a silver platter, you gotta ask for a silver platter.
– player87
Aug 23 '16 at 5:24
suggest improvements |Â
up vote
3
down vote
up vote
3
down vote
By invite you, do you mean to say that you expected your boss to pay for it? Or do you mean just an invitation?
In either case, why would you not bring it up yourself if you knew about it beforehand? A simple "do you know about XYZ conference? I am thinking of attending and want to check with you whether it would be useful considering I work everyday on topic XYZ. Also, any chance that the company can cover the registration cost?"
This seems like an issue that arose only because you wanted your boss to give you a royal invitation... (s)he may have simply forgotten to ask you or it could've just slipped his/her mind.
answered Aug 22 '16 at 4:35
player87
7382414
By invite you, do you mean to say that you expected your boss to pay for it? Or do you mean just an invitation?
In either case, why would you not bring it up yourself if you knew about it beforehand? A simple "do you know about XYZ conference? I am thinking of attending and want to check with you whether it would be useful considering I work everyday on topic XYZ. Also, any chance that the company can cover the registration cost?"
This seems like an issue that arose only because you wanted your boss to give you a royal invitation... (s)he may have simply forgotten to ask you or it could've just slipped his/her mind.
answered Aug 22 '16 at 4:35
player87
7382414
edited Aug 22 '16 at 4:56
answered Aug 22 '16 at 4:35
player87
7382414
answered Aug 22 '16 at 4:35
player87
7382414
answered Aug 22 '16 at 4:35
player87
7382414
7382414
I actually didn't find out about it until the night before (it was over the weekend). And there's absolutely no way he forgot to ask me. It's the most major conference in the area for our company's particular technology stack, and he deals with me, as a direct report with only a couple of other people in the company. He's also friends with the organizer. As this is my boss' event (by proxy of his friend) I wouldn't want to show up without a personal invitation by him.
– David Brandtz
Aug 22 '16 at 5:14
@JoeC You're overthinking this, people forget a lot. Unless your boss hates you or something it most likely just slipped his/her mind. And if that was the case, there would be other signs. And, I've never heard of this I can't go unless I was personally invited rule. It's a conference, not a wedding! People won't hand you things on a silver platter, you gotta ask for a silver platter.
– player87
Aug 23 '16 at 5:24
suggest improvements |Â
I actually didn't find out about it until the night before (it was over the weekend). And there's absolutely no way he forgot to ask me. It's the most major conference in the area for our company's particular technology stack, and he deals with me, as a direct report with only a couple of other people in the company. He's also friends with the organizer. As this is my boss' event (by proxy of his friend) I wouldn't want to show up without a personal invitation by him.
– David Brandtz
Aug 22 '16 at 5:14
@JoeC You're overthinking this, people forget a lot. Unless your boss hates you or something it most likely just slipped his/her mind. And if that was the case, there would be other signs. And, I've never heard of this I can't go unless I was personally invited rule. It's a conference, not a wedding! People won't hand you things on a silver platter, you gotta ask for a silver platter.
– player87
Aug 23 '16 at 5:24
I actually didn't find out about it until the night before (it was over the weekend). And there's absolutely no way he forgot to ask me. It's the most major conference in the area for our company's particular technology stack, and he deals with me, as a direct report with only a couple of other people in the company. He's also friends with the organizer. As this is my boss' event (by proxy of his friend) I wouldn't want to show up without a personal invitation by him.
– David Brandtz
Aug 22 '16 at 5:14
I actually didn't find out about it until the night before (it was over the weekend). And there's absolutely no way he forgot to ask me. It's the most major conference in the area for our company's particular technology stack, and he deals with me, as a direct report with only a couple of other people in the company. He's also friends with the organizer. As this is my boss' event (by proxy of his friend) I wouldn't want to show up without a personal invitation by him.
– David Brandtz
Aug 22 '16 at 5:14
@JoeC You're overthinking this, people forget a lot. Unless your boss hates you or something it most likely just slipped his/her mind. And if that was the case, there would be other signs. And, I've never heard of this I can't go unless I was personally invited rule. It's a conference, not a wedding! People won't hand you things on a silver platter, you gotta ask for a silver platter.
– player87
Aug 23 '16 at 5:24
@JoeC You're overthinking this, people forget a lot. Unless your boss hates you or something it most likely just slipped his/her mind. And if that was the case, there would be other signs. And, I've never heard of this I can't go unless I was personally invited rule. It's a conference, not a wedding! People won't hand you things on a silver platter, you gotta ask for a silver platter.
– player87
Aug 23 '16 at 5:24
suggest improvements |Â
up vote
3
down vote
My personal test to see if I will recommend an employee for a conference is: does that employee care enough to take the initiative to find the conference that fits and ask me?
If I start to go round and ask people if they want to attend, from my experience I get the people that really want to go, some people that are reluctant to go but don't want to say no and a whole bunch of people that just take part because it's a day off from their regular work routine.
So if you want to go somewhere, gather information and go ask your boss about it, don't wait for your boss to do that.
Personally, I don't know why you did not take the other invitation you had. I would have asked my boss on my own initiative. If he'd said no, I would have taken the other invitation and went anyway, on my own time.
answered Aug 22 '16 at 16:01
nvoigt
42.4k18104146
suggest improvements |Â
up vote
3
down vote
My personal test to see if I will recommend an employee for a conference is: does that employee care enough to take the initiative to find the conference that fits and ask me?
If I start to go round and ask people if they want to attend, from my experience I get the people that really want to go, some people that are reluctant to go but don't want to say no and a whole bunch of people that just take part because it's a day off from their regular work routine.
So if you want to go somewhere, gather information and go ask your boss about it, don't wait for your boss to do that.
Personally, I don't know why you did not take the other invitation you had. I would have asked my boss on my own initiative. If he'd said no, I would have taken the other invitation and went anyway, on my own time.
answered Aug 22 '16 at 16:01
nvoigt
42.4k18104146
suggest improvements |Â
up vote
3
down vote
up vote
3
down vote
My personal test to see if I will recommend an employee for a conference is: does that employee care enough to take the initiative to find the conference that fits and ask me?
If I start to go round and ask people if they want to attend, from my experience I get the people that really want to go, some people that are reluctant to go but don't want to say no and a whole bunch of people that just take part because it's a day off from their regular work routine.
So if you want to go somewhere, gather information and go ask your boss about it, don't wait for your boss to do that.
Personally, I don't know why you did not take the other invitation you had. I would have asked my boss on my own initiative. If he'd said no, I would have taken the other invitation and went anyway, on my own time.
answered Aug 22 '16 at 16:01
nvoigt
42.4k18104146
My personal test to see if I will recommend an employee for a conference is: does that employee care enough to take the initiative to find the conference that fits and ask me?
If I start to go round and ask people if they want to attend, from my experience I get the people that really want to go, some people that are reluctant to go but don't want to say no and a whole bunch of people that just take part because it's a day off from their regular work routine.
So if you want to go somewhere, gather information and go ask your boss about it, don't wait for your boss to do that.
Personally, I don't know why you did not take the other invitation you had. I would have asked my boss on my own initiative. If he'd said no, I would have taken the other invitation and went anyway, on my own time.
answered Aug 22 '16 at 16:01
nvoigt
42.4k18104146
answered Aug 22 '16 at 16:01
nvoigt
42.4k18104146
answered Aug 22 '16 at 16:01
nvoigt
42.4k18104146
answered Aug 22 '16 at 16:01
nvoigt
42.4k18104146
42.4k18104146
suggest improvements |Â
suggest improvements |Â
1
"Should I bring this up?" Note that questions asking "Should I...?" are generally considered off-topic, because what to do is a personal decision. Try rephrasing it to ask something more concrete, such as "How can I address this with my boss?", or "How can I find out why s/he did this?".
– sleske
Aug 22 '16 at 6:53