‘I’ve become office enemy #1’: Employee reports team lead for repeatedly blaming them for her missed deadlines and slip-ups, but the entire office ostracizes them for speaking up

If you've ever been victimized by an entitled superior in the workplace, you probably also have been that same superior's scapegoat when they mess things up. Everyone always assumes a boss can do no wrong simply because they've got years of seniority over many of their subordinates. But the truth is, we're all human. Mistakes and miscalculations are inevitable, and owning them instead of pushing them onto other unassuming people makes you a better person and actually allows you to learn from them. Isn't that the whole point of living?

The employee in this next story becomes their team lead's scapegoat for her missed deadlines, work slip-ups, and everything else under the sun. The employee decided to start keeping a paper trail of what's been going on so their word wouldn't be dismissed, which turned out to prove itself very useful. The weird thing about this story is that, though the team lead is exposed for her malpractice, everyone in the office is choosing to vilify the employee who brought the issue to light. It's easy for their fellow coworkers to dismiss the issue—they weren't the target of workplace harassment. Scroll below to read the entire story. 

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