so we have a sprint retro where each of us has to say "1 good thing that you did last sprint" (yes our retros are that moronic). then a dude said "I'm very pleased that *we* got feature X done for our product". feature X is done by another team member and me. The entire team including management was there. Everyone knows the truth but management don't. How should I handle this guy?
Promote him
These kind of dudes are everywhere, every company every team
Describe feature X in detail, and for each of several parts, explicitly mention the primary contributor - either you, or the other team member who actually did the work. Then thank everyone else for their supplementary cooperation. Later, you can send out a design doc with the appropriate names credited. This way, you can assign credit while staying positive.
Say “thanks for recognizing my and other team’s effort. I didn’t expect outsiders would know about this but we must have done it right”. But you didnt say this in that meeting. Perhaps, talk to your manager and skip.
Smooth response
This
I really do not see what is wrong? You are supposed to work as a team after all and using the word "we" seems ok. When it came to calling out deltas, did he also use "we" or you/i/he/she? If he continues to use we then should be fine.
Of course nothing wrong for Amazon
Amazon ?
You might be reading too much into it
You sound insecure. It is a team retro. Everyone knows who did the work. Take the compliment for what it is.
I would never say “we” at all even if I was just the idea man and someone else executed. Definitely a jerk move to slip in “we”.
should have called him out in that meeting
This. Did you speak up? If no then this is on you.
I didn't. I am on OPT so I generally avoid office confrontation which may lead to bad consequences as our team is very political...