I’ve been at this company for two years and every single project I lead ends up being presented by my manager as if he did it himself. HR seems useless here and I don’t want to get fired.
One practical thing I learned: request to attend meetings where your work is being presented. Just tell your boss you want to be there to answer technical questions if they come up — it’s hard to refuse that without looking suspicious. Once you’re in the room, naturally drop phrases like ‘when I was building this model’ or ‘the approach I used here was.’ You’re not confronting anyone, you’re just existing in the conversation. The more senior people see you engaging with the details, the more they figure out who actually did the work.
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