Evasive

Ping-Pong Master

Responsibility Shifter

🟢 Low legal risk

Telltale symptoms

  • Immediately shifts blame to other departments when problems arise
  • Interprets own scope of work extremely narrowly
  • 'Not my responsibility' is their catchphrase

Psychology profile

Self-protection through responsibility avoidance. Excessive punishment for failure has solidified into defensive behavior, internalized as organizational 'survival strategy'.

Legal risk analysis

Not classified as harassment — closer to organizational culture issue

Likely to be read as legitimate management, so relationship tactics beat legal ones here. Try the counter-strategies below first, and start documenting if it escalates.

Counter-strategies

  1. 1Create R&R definition document and obtain signatures in advance
  2. 2Forward relevant email chains to upper leadership when blame is shifted
  3. 3Formally request clarification on 'who owns this issue'

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Ping-Pong Master (Responsibility Shifter) — Workplace Villain Guide