Hello bright side,
You have trained the new employee for 6 months. Yesterday, they promoted her over me. She smiled and whispered: “I believe the student becomes the teacher.”
I stayed calm. I didn’t react. I just nodded and went back to my desk.
This morning, her face turned gray when she finally realized that I had been secretly documenting every process, shortcut, and client contact only I knew. Things I didn’t have time to fully teach. Things that aren’t written anywhere else.
Now she struggles in meetings, flounders over assignments, and calls me every 10 minutes to ask how things are going. I answer politely, but only with the basics. Nothing extra. Nothing makes it look good.
My manager pulled me aside and asked me why the new team leader looked like that “unprepared.” I just shrugged and said: “I’m sure she’ll find out. She’s the teacher now, right?”
Some of my coworkers think I’m petty. Others say I’m just protecting my worth. My sister thinks I should have quit immediately. My best friend says I play it perfectly.
But honestly, I don’t know how to feel anymore. Part of me is proud of my consistency, but the other part feels like I’m cold as hell.
Should I continue to do the bare minimum or try to rebuild some sort of business relationship With her? Is it wrong for me to feel good watching her struggle? Am I hurting myself? Professional life By not being a team player now?
I keep going back and forth and I really need someone outside of this mess to tell me what they honestly think.
for you,
Megan
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