For months, whispers followed me around the office like a shadow. Every time I walked into a room, conversations went silent. I could feel the judgment in people’s eyes, but no one ever told me what was going on. Then one morning, I was summoned to the HR office. My heart pounded as they showed me printed messages fake screenshots claiming I was sabotaging a project and talking badly about the management. I was speechless. Someone had gone out of their way to destroy me.
It turned out that my colleague, Brian, was behind it all. We had started at the same time, but when I was promoted to team lead, his attitude toward me changed overnight. He stopped greeting me, ignored my emails, and started spreading rumors. I tried to stay professional, hoping it would die down, but things only got worse. My boss began treating me coldly, my team lost trust in me, and I even started thinking about resigning. I had never felt so helpless in my life.…CONTINUE READING
