Woman gets promoted, and her 34-year-old sister immediately assumes she’s ‘inheriting’ the job despite having no training for it: ‘Yesterday she updated her LinkedIn to say she's starting at my company. She has not applied’

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Olivia Arocena • Writer and Editor
Sep 27, 2026 4:00 PM EDT

I wish careers were inherited; it would make things so much easier

No training, no education, only good old heritage. I'm not even joking; it would be easier and even fun. The big sister you admire could teach you her profession, and you would learn from a teacher who knows you and land a position to test your knowledge instantly. It's a win-win: your sister gets promoted, and you enter the workforce with a brand new career path ahead.

Sadly, it doesn't work like that, at least for most modern professions, so everybody has to work their way in. This story, though, has nuance. I get that the idea of someone getting a job you fought for and studied for without training can make you mad, but if that person is your sister and she is struggling, why would you put your ego over her well-being?

The angry sister is getting promoted regardless, so she wouldn't lose anything if her sister gets her old job. If she can't learn the basic skills required for her new position, management would let her know, so what does she lose?

Obviously, you can't get someone inside a company so easily, but what's the harm in trying? Anything would be better than complaining online about your sister. Don't we talk anymore?

I'm surprised her energy is directed toward protecting her ego instead of helping her sister. Of course, I get that she might be acting a little entitled, or she might not know what she is getting into or how hard it is, but she will find out eventually.

Working with your siblings is complicated, and if she really wants to deny her sister the possibility, she could try helping her another way, right? Or at least she can explain that a tech job requires a lot of training.

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  • AITA for refusing to give my sister my old job after getting promoted because my family thinks she needs it more?

    1 27M work from home in tech and recently got promoted. I make decent money and my biggest dependent is a cat who contributes nothing financially.
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  • My sister 34F has four kids. Her husband recently quit his job because he wants to become a full time air fryer reviewer on TikTok. So things are apparently tight.
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  • When I told my family about the promotion my mom asked what would happen to my old position. I said they'd probably hire someone. My sister immediately said perfect, I'll take it.
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  • She has never worked in tech. I laughed because I thought she was joking. She wasn't. She genuinely thinks I should tell my manager
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  • that my sister should replace me because I can "personally vouch for her." My mom agrees because I already have a career and my sister "needs the opportunity more."
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  • Yesterday she updated her LinkedIn to say she's starting at my company. She has not applied. She then asked me what time "our manager" normally schedules
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  • meetings because she doesn't like doing anything before 10. I told her I'm not recommending her and she called me selfish because apparently networking is literally how
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    Can you imagine always inheriting your sister's jobs?


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  • people get jobs. Now my phone has been blowing up so much I'm pretty sure Verizon is about to get involved.
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  • AITA for refusing to hand my sister my previous job like it's a pair of jeans I don't wear anymore?
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  • TalkTalkTalkListen NTA. Your old position should go to your cat
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  • quadrotiles I think the husband should become a full time air fryer.
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  • HealthNo4265 YTA. It takes a special kind of person to gate-keep their sister from a job simply because they aren't qualified. That's just not how nepotism works.
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