- When you get an email when something goes wrong, you could reply to that email, adding your coworker to the CC section, and say something like this:
When you get an email when something goes wrong, you could reply to that email, adding your coworker to the CC section, and say something like this:
I apologize, but I do not recollect making any changes to this code. [Co-worker's name], do you know who made this change?
I apologize, but I do not recollect making any changes to this code. [Co-worker's name], do you know who made this change?
- You could forward all the emails you get when something goes wrong to your co-worker with something like this in the body:
You could forward all the emails you get when something goes wrong to your co-worker with something like this in the body:
Dude, you're trying to get me fired! LOL. There are some problems with your code, could you respond to this email and let them know you're working on it?
Dude, you're trying to get me fired! LOL. There are some problems with your code, could you respond to this email and let them know you're working on it?
- Be completely straightforward. The next time you meet this co-worker (do not try to set a meeting up just to talk about this, that will look like you're escalating it more than it needs to), just casually bring up a conversation about how you've been getting emails for some flaws in his code. Just let him know that there are problems with his latest deployment and that he might want to contact the concerned party to get it fixed. And end this discussion with something like this:
Be completely straightforward. The next time you meet this co-worker (do not try to set a meeting up just to talk about this, that will look like you're escalating it more than it needs to), just casually bring up a conversation about how you've been getting emails for some flaws in his code. Just let him know that there are problems with his latest deployment and that he might want to contact the concerned party to get it fixed. And end this discussion with something like this:
Also, I am not in the same department as you. So you may want to stop using my name because if they find out that you've been using my name, you might get fired. It was different when we were on the same team but now there is no logical explanation behind why I would have written the code for a project I am not even in. So, it is definitely going to come up and if it does, trust me! I don't like you that much to get fired for you! Hahaha..
Also, I am not in the same department as you. So you may want to stop using my name because if they find out that you've been using my name, you might get fired. It was different when we were on the same team but now there is no logical explanation behind why I would have written the code for a project I am not even in. So, it is definitely going to come up and if it does, trust me! I don't like you that much to get fired for you! Hahaha..