What do you call the written material supporting your case?

July 11, 2020 2:51 PM

I was just informed I'd be transferred (certainly better than being canned) because of some evaluations on me that my supervisor (a kind, neutral, and supportive person) had received.

All this time I had opportunity to fill out an incident report, but the incident seemed so tiny I never did, just documented it with an e-mail cc:ing the supervisor in case they had comments or input.

Is my supporting narrative simply called documentation, or is there another term?

(My purpose is to have my side of the story on record.)

Requests for details will be passed over for anonymity's sake (retaliation can be vicious!)

posted by Rumi'sLeftSock to Work & Money (4 answers total)

I'd call this "memorializing a conversation in an email". If you google "memorializing a conversation" you'll see examples of folks using it.
posted by AaRdVarK at 3:30 PM on July 11, 2020

I'm not sure it matters what it's called, as much as At the time, I emailed Person and copied Supervisor. There was no followup then. Why is this becoming an issue now? as in, be assertive.
posted by theora55 at 3:47 PM on July 11, 2020 [6 favorites]

Yes, I would use the word "documentation," as in "I documented that incident at the time with an email to X, and I can provide that documentation for you."
posted by gideonfrog at 3:50 PM on July 11, 2020 [21 favorites]

Contemporaneous Notes.
posted by j_curiouser at 7:25 PM on July 11, 2020