...so my boss has recently picked up this awful habit of having side Outlook conversations on certain initiatives without me, then bringing me in at the last minute (cc'd) but the action addressee is my subordinate so it's like my Manager is telling my subordinate what to do in plain view of me so I am helpless to interject without causing increased friction with my boss (of which there is quite a bit).
Trying to find a nice, respectful way to let them know that this tactic is in very poor form (and one of my points of entry into this conversation would be to send something their way in the form of '...so I'm trying to find a nice, respectful way to let you know that I feel that this tactic is in very poor form'), so we'll see what happens after I take a nice, long walk.
Anyway - what do you have for terrible email etiquette? I have more examples but I figured I'd see what's out there, I find it super-interesting that a lot of people in management roles just can't seem to grasp the basic concepts of how these exchanges play out 😄