'She said I've damaged our team spirit': 28-year-old marketing employee defends himself after a coworker blames a client delay on "team oversight," clarifying he did his part and even sent his coworker a reminder to do hers, sparking office feud

Why should a committed hardworker have to take the blame for someone else's incompetence, especially when it has the potential to affect their job? We love a good teamwork moment, office-besties forever…However, when a team member who slacked off is more than happy to drag you down with them whilst looking your boss right in the eyes, standing up for yourself shouldn't make you the office villain, should it?

Marketing is not solely about creativity, it also involves a lot of organization, especially when pitching to major clients. This employee was working on a project with another one of his coworkers, but after missing a crucial update for their client, she ended up blaming it on a "team oversight'...However, he doesn't think he should be involved in her so-called team excuses, when he fulfilled all of his duties, and it was actually in fact a 'her oversight'. So he ensures to publicly inform his boss about his completion of all required tasks. To put it simply: we don't think they're going to be high-fiving in the corridor again, or gossiping over lunch either. Because whatever office friendship they had seemed to start and end in that office room.

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