Surprise surprise. Recently, I was swamped at work and couldn't assist in a project. I told my boss that. She asked me to find someone to cover me for that project. My teammate said he would help and had already informed my boss of the same. I said thanks, owe you one. Weeks later, boss calls me into her office and berated me for not informing her that I had found someone to cover me. I told her, I was informed that that person had already notified her. She insisted that I had to inform her separately even though the other guy had already told her….? Am I bad at communications or is she being unnecessary??
And she also expects everyone to acknowledge her emails even if there's nothing to reply to. For instance, if she emails to say she's on leave, we are expected to reply “noted with thanks”. If she emails to ask you specifically to do some work and submit it by X day, you also have to acknowledge it. Why can't she just assume that we read our emails diligently? It's not as if we have had any history of missing out on emails.