Personally I would let this person cause their own problems by inflating their resume. At some point their lack of experience in that area will become apparent.

What results would you like from a conversation, and what results do you expect?

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Good point, Pal.

Mtn, no expectations other than making sure a young professional is schooled properly. To the best of my conscious understanding at least.

I’d do nothing about the linked in posts. However if his job is to draft the bills, etc. and you are doing this work and were hired with the understanding you would not be doing it, I’d go to the person who hired you and tell them what’s going on in real life and ask that this be corrected because it isn’t the condition you agreed to when you accepted the job.

My thought is that he is not getting credit for these things in your and his workplace, just that he is floating that out there on his virtual resume possibly for the future, so it does not have any affect on your job in any significant way? Is that correct?

Mtn, no expectations other than making sure a young professional is schooled properly.

why do you care so much?

3katz, spot on. Except that I was wondering if everyone thought of bill-drafting as legal, rather than legislative work. That’s why I hadn’t brought it up with the CEO.

That’s why the post was revealing to me because it showed that at least the person doing the legislative work seems to see drafting as part of their role. I do intend to bring it up with my boss.

The crux of the matter really has nothing to do with Alex. It has to do with this sentence: "I don’t mind that work, and can do it well, but don’t enjoy it."

Do you mind it, or not? If you mind it, and it is not supposed to be part of your purview, tell your boss. Whether they want Alex to take it up or have some other solution, is kind of tangential to me.

Just to be clear, the reason I didn’t address it with anyone until now is that I wasn't sure if they thought drafting was part of the legal work , not legislatove work. As I used to do both before I retired, it didn’t matter. Then I came back accepting to do legal work, and the legislative person wasn’t doing drafting. So, it wasn’t clear to me if there was a shared understanding of what I had agreed to do. That’s why I didn’t bring it up. And that’s why I say I don’t mind doing it (if it really was what I had apparently agreed to do).

The linkedin post, though it’s just social media fluff, was the first indication I had that at least one other person relent to the sutuation saw drafting as legislative work.

Regardless of who understands what to be what, I plan to address it with my boss.

Yes, address it with your boss for your own clarity and so that you boss has a better understanding of the organizational structure that is actually occurring.

Schooling young attorneys is sadly a thing of the past.

My answer would be different if you were 40 and still climbing. But you’re not.

At quazi-retirement, I would wait for a regular 1:1 with my boss. My list for the meeting would be as follows;

Review my responsibilities

Confirm who the boss believes is responsible for bill writing

If the answer is yes, then mention that your understanding was that would ’t be part of the job and mention Alex’s role to confirm whether or not it would be a good growth opportunity for them.

option B is to reaffirm it isn’t part of what you understood the role, but maybe it’s an opportunity to negotiate a raise

If the answer is no, then reaffirm you didn’t plan for it either but you don’t mind the work. Then mention Alex’s role and ask if it makes more sense that they start learning the work for your eventual and final retirement

LinkedIn is only marginally more authentic than FB…..nobody makes a strong point quoting from any of it.

Most people exaggerate on their resumes. It is the norm, not the exception.

Even if this person was your direct report, unless they are sharing information that they are legally not allowed to disclose or is a potential issue for your company, their social media content should not be addressed. Their work performance while at work or representing the company is where your supervision begins and ends.

Discuss your role and responsibilities with your boss and leave Alex out of it.

LinkedIn is Facebook for the world of work. Everyone is talented, motivated, capable. Puffing up one’s resume is not uncommon but woe be to the person who gets hired based on a certain skill and then underperforms.

Id just let him puff his feathers on LinkedIn but if things are unfair at work, speak up.