Bossy Co-worker Screws Himself Out of a Promotion, Woman Gets Revenge Without Even Trying

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    Font - Posted by u/tippytoemaster 13 hours ago 32 Bossy Co-Worker Screws Himself out of a Promotion LOC
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    Font - I thought about this one today and it made me smile, so I thought I'd share. My first job out of high school was a big deal for me. It was a simple data entry job that I took very seriously. I started moving up very quickly. With so many young entry-level employees, turnaround was high, and I guess sticking around made me stand out.
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    Font - I was soaring in that company. Before I knew it, I was a supervisor over a team. In the department I was in, there was only one other supervisor. We worked very well together and agreed on almost everything. The two of us made a full training for our department, a department policy sheet, and conducted all direct employee contact.
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    Font - Our department was doing so well that our manager was recruited by another department for a much more lucrative role in the company. The new manager was the nicest man alive, but as an outside hire, he didn't know anything about how we ran things. At the same time as he was getting acquainted with us, the other supervisor went on maternity
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    Font - leave. I was the only lead in the department left that really knew what they were doing. It sounds rough, but I blossomed under these circumstances. I helped find our new acting supervisor whom I'll call Trevor. I went into all meetings with my manager to take notes and help him understand what we were discussing. I hired all the new staff members, from talking to the recruiter, conducting the
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    Font - interviews, and making the call to offer the position. I was running the show and I loved it. Our new manager was not really grasping things and told me he was thinking about leaving. I was sad to see him go. He then told me that he thought he would ask them to have me backfill his position. This would have
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    Font - been the opportunity of a lifetime. A week later, my manager told me that he talked to the director, but the position wasn't going to me. It was going to the acting supervisor, Trevor. Apparently, this guy had been schmoozing while I had been working. I hadn't even been paying attention to him. Trevor had become buddy-buddy with the director by spending all his time in his office
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    Font - and going drinking with him at the driving range. I was heartbroken, I wasn't aiming for the job until my boss suggested it to me. I had gotten my hopes up only to be crushed. I tried to shake it off and get back to work. I oversaw department projects. I had one that required thousands of entries on an Excel
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    Font - sheet. I assigned our staff to the project and did my share. At the end of the day, I had gotten the sheets back from everyone directly under me, but nobody on Trevor's team had emailed me theirs. I went to one of their desks and asked about the project. The person I asked shyly told me that Trevor told her not to do it. When I asked her why he would say that. she told me that
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    Font - he said I wasn't her boss. I was shocked. This is how we had done every project since we had opened the department. What was he thinking telling people not to do it? I could explain the small ways that Trevor constantly was trying to undermine me, or the almost jealous behavior he displayed toward
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    Font - me, but this story is long enough. I'll just say, while shocking, it wasn't out of character for him. I had always been able to keep him from causing damage in the past and this didn't need to be any different. Then I realized what a golden opportunity this was. I decided to maliciously comply. I just nodded and thanked her for her help.
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    Font - The next day, the director called the manager and supervisors into his office. He asked me why the project wasn't completed the day before. I shrugged and told him I had sent it out to the team like I always do and had even done a chunk of it myself. I looked at Trevor. The look he gave me. He was pale and looked at me as if I was about to sentence him to death.
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    Font - When Trevor eventually tried to explain that he told the staff under him not to do it, the director asked everyone but Trevor to leave. The project had been related to payroll and Trevor had royally screwed over the payroll staff. Our director was livid. He was in there for over an hour. I heard the director raise his voice more than once, which was wild.
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    Font - The doors and office walls were glass, so when I passed the office a bit later, I saw Trevor with his head down while our director was shaking his head and moving his hands in a very animated manner. A week later, the other supervisor returned, and Trevor was asked to return to his old position under her.
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    Font - I was offered the position of manager soon after, which I gladly accepted.
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    Font - Commentoflittlevalue +1. 11 hr. ago Not a clever Trevor, obv heard about you going for the promotion and set about undermining you. Would have been better to get you onside. Reply Share Vote
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    Font - Zokathra_Spell 13 hr. ago What, exactly, did Trevor expect to happen? Vote -- Reply Share ●●●
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    Font - Ok_Leadership_7297 +1 · 13 hr. ago Great.. I want to hear the other ways Trevor tried to undermine you. Makes your move that much more sweeter.. Vote Reply Share ●●●
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    Font - ProfCatWhisperer 13 hr. ago This is EPIC!! 4 Vote Reply Share
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    Font - ddubya316x +1 11 hr. ago • This is literally how I dream of these stories ending. Thank you. And what has become of you now!? I'm curious! Vote Reply Share ●●●
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    Font - tippytoemaster OP 11 hr. ago It's been about 4 years since this all occurred. I was still there until fairly recently. My director told me he wanted to move me up further. He said that the company wouldn't let it fly if I didn't have a degree though.
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    Font - So he offered to have the company pay for my tuition while I stayed on board in a less involved capacity. That way I can fast-track my degree without losing career progress. I now handle a few smaller projects on my own from home
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    Font - for them and go to school full time. I'm very happy with the current situation :) ↑ Vote ↓ Reply Share
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    Organism - lady_etiquette. 11 hr. ago How much longer did Trevor stick around after you became manager? Vote Reply Share 10 hr. ago tippytoemaster OP Maybe 4 months. He kept to himself and then took the first
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    Font - offer that came his way. He actually is still with the company in another department. He's an assistant manager and I pray daily for their staff. ✩ Vote Vote ↓ Reply Share
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    Font - StormBeyond Time edited 9 hr. ago +2·10 hr. ago. I just nodded and thanked her for her help. And Trevor's doom comes creeping on little cat paws... ✩ Vote Reply Share

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