Do you think it's petty to CC the manager when corresponding via email with co-workers?

This is called snitch-tagging. I get you're well-intended but this is not helpful behaviour and will undermine your working relationship with your colleagues.

Basically by involving the manager in your regular correspondences with your co-workers you're telling them:

- I don't trust you
- I do not have your back
- I will involve the manager and ruin your day and potentially your livelihood at the slightest problem between us

Committing correspondences to writing is good practice. Keep doing that, but don't tag the boss. You can just send your boss the saved emails on a case by case basis.

It's possible your co-workers suck and you're stuck doing this because they keep making your life hell. But you can do this without escalating any problems.

I think that's the manager's call. There's probably a lot of nonsense back and forth's that are filling up his or her inbox. Some want to know everything and others don't care. But it is wise to save your own CYA emails if you're not copying management in.

Nope. Especially if they A: Aren't responding or B: is giving you a hard time.

Always cover your own a**.

If they're not doing their part and getting back to you in a timely fashion, sometimes the only way to get something done is to involve a manager. Maybe the manager knows the reason they aren't responding, or has the information themselves. Point is, you tried to get it and didn't, and now you need someone to manage. I wouldn't call it petty.

Actually, where I'm at, the managers want to be copied on messages anyway, just so they know what is going on with projects, and can jump in if they see a potential problem.

It can be a great idea to speed that worker up and is also a good idea for providing evidence,resolving conflict,HR can be copied in too.

At most of the places I’ve worked it was standard procedure to cc everyone involved in the project the email is for 🤷‍♂️

Senders initials must be there so everyone will know where it originally came from

No, I do it all the time to expose the toxic behavior. I’m worse...If I feel really upset about what’s happening I’ll tag their own manager into the thread to show them the games they’re going to have to answer to. Hey- if me tagging in higher ups gets the games out of the way, then I don’t consider it petty. I consider it as being direct and getting your stuff done minus the bs.

Bring it up with the manager. Bring up the fact that you see the employee do it and then ask if you should be doing it more.

I bet the manager will tell you its annoying.