'Job wrote me up... [So] I wrote back': Employee works position he's untrained for with assurance his "best" will do, claps back when he gets written up anyways

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Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor
Aug 19, 2023 7:00 PM EDT

One of the biggest questions on a career working person's mind is: Can you actually trust your upper management? It's truly unknown. You could totally vibe with your boss and all your managers and feel totally comfortable and professional. Then BAM they trick you into doing something that isn't in your job description, with no extra pay or training, and then when you inevitably fail, you get in trouble and all of a sudden no one is there to have your back. Why is it like this? Seriously, I'm asking… Why is it like this? Does anyone know?

One employee took to Reddit to let off some steam of this exact situation happening to him. He was working a job where he felt pretty cool and down to earth with his managers. So when one of them asked him to cover for him he said sure, even though he told them he had no training in this position and had no idea how to do it. The manager, however, told him it was fine and that his "best" would do. But when he had one tiny slip up, he still got written up by that exact manager! What a backstab… Read the entire story below. 

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    Font - Posted by u/purpl3pickl3 3 hours ago Job wrote me up and is upset I wrote back
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    Font - I work in a place where I'm a lower level employee. I thought my direct supervisor was pretty chill so when he was telling me he absolutely can't stay and needed me to work a position for him I did,
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    Font - I did let him know that i had never worked this position before and that I wasn't trained. He said it was fine and to 'do what I can' just for today. Well I don't even have a login for the computer that I was supposed to use so it was hard to work around that but I did.
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    Font - Long story short I forgot something, it 'wasn't a big deal' in his words but he wrote me up for it and had a disciplinary meeting with me in front of several other people. In this same
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    Font - conversation I was told that I wouldn't get the increased pay (it's like 4-5 dollars an hour extra) for the shift. On the write up I stated that I would not work that position again unless I got written confirmation that I would 1) get the higher pay and 2) get formal training at that position. They called me back
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    Font - in for another meeting where they said that's 'unreasonable' and I should understand to just 'follow instructions in a military manner without pushback'
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    Font - (actual words used). I feel like I wasn't wrong, nor was I rude to them, I just expressed that I wouldn't take liability without benefit and they are upset at that.
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    Font - Shasty-McNasty. 3 hr. ago Imagine writing someone up who covered for you. That guy sucks.
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    Font - RAGON'S SIS and TIMOTHY TRAJELS MARONET STOREY Dragons_Sister 2 hr. ago This. You did your boss a solid and they stabbed you in the back (most likely to cover their own a ). At least you know who you're dealing with now.
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    Font - clearancepupper 2 hr. ago Saw a sign the other day, which read: "Be careful whom you trust. Salt and sugar look the same".
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    Font - Ausgezeichnet87. 50 min. ago Fr. I hope OP starts calling him Bruté or Brutus (et tu, Bruté?) "Sup Bruté" or "later Bruté!"
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    Font - Jefc141 1 hr. ago Dude threw OP under the bus then pretended he was mr big responsible manager writing him up to look good to higher ups... absolute ing scum
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    Font - Mike Wahlberg 41 min. ago . From the sounds of it it's more likely they didn't want to give them that raise ever and just decided the easiest way is to put em in a position where they are guaranteed to fail. Oop you
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    Font - failed that task you had 0 chance of being able to do without the information I never gave you? Gee how could that have happened.
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    Font - Angreek 50 min. ago Successful wage claims also Grant complete attorney fee compensation. It's pretty serious I would drop the hammer on this guy..
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    Font - chaiosi 3 hr. ago Are you in the military? No? Then you don't need to live your life like you are. Get out of here asap op- this is not a workplace that is going to get better with time.
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