- This whole "you must submit to your boss" attitude beyond performing the assigned tasks is absurd.
There is a larger argument about whether you should even need an exception for this case, but the remedy for that is to find another job if you can't live with it. However your working life will be a lot easier if you learn to work around inadequacies in your chain of management - no place of work will ever be perfect.
As an employee you won’t get latitude without pushing for it and often for minor things forgiveness can be better than permission. Which isn’t to say it’s a good idea to be adversarial or sneaky but that there is really no need to be walked on either.
Asking forgiveness later is another advanced level topic but it generally goes hand in hand with a good working relationship that has already been established. Without that its a quick way to get reprimanded or fired.
Remember, at the end of the day you are spending time on this specifically to get what you want. Its not an altruistic act for your manager.
No workplace is ever perfect but there is a difference between a manager who understands the reality of the situation and a manager who is a problem that needs to be removed.
The fact you feel ignoring unwritten policies is "special treatment" likely puts you in the latter camp.
> However your working life will be a lot easier if you learn to work around inadequacies in your chain of management
Usually, it is easier to find another job than endure poor management for extended periods of time.
Cynicism will hold you back.
