Imagine working under a supervisor who continually refuses to give your vacation time in favor of their workplace cliques. So you end up having zero time off in two years.
This similar incident has happened with a Redditor who worked in a disability shared accommodation agency this was a reality. The former employee wrote in a post on r/ProRevenge “one of the Clique members ‘Karen’ was appointed acting supervisor and it went to hell”.
Karen would reject it “on the grounds that others had already submitted leave.”
Understandably, the author’s frustration grew: “This annoyed me as I have a family that I wanted to take on holiday.” But this all came to an end when the CEO himself intervened, asking his employee to take some time off. Read on for how this whole situation evolved and let me tell you, there’s some sweet revenge in the end.
“A workplace clique is when a group of coworkers becomes tightly knit, to the extent they exclude or otherwise negatively impact on coworkers who are not in the clique,” Christine Mitterbauer, licensed and ICF approved career coach and serial entrepreneur told us in an interview. “If you’re experiencing this as a coworker, not in the clique, it can be very stressful and damaging to your experience at work, not to mention your confidence and your career progression.”
One shift, the CEO told the author he should take his earned leave time
“Every situation is different, but one thing to look out for is starting to gather proof that you’re not being treated fairly. Whenever you have conversations with the people involved, try to do them in writing so there’s a visual record of what they said. Taking pictures of certain situations, especially if the picture can demonstrate what time something occurred/did not occur, can also strengthen your case.”
Fast forward to the author’s vacation, and he gets a call from a very confused supervisor Karen
Christine continued: “Also, get other people in the company on your side, including other coworkers who are not in the clique, as well as superiors, bosses, or other allies you can think of. Be fair and honest when you involve them in conversations. This isn’t about you forming your own clique and playing the same dirty game as the clique is playing with you, but it’s about gathering proof and allies that you can eventually use to get the people in the clique to be reprimanded and ultimately stopped.”
But when the CEO called a meeting with the author and Karen, her deeds became clear
After the author came back to work, he found out that Karen lost her promotion
And the CEO made some solid changes in the workplace
This is what people had to comment about this whole situation
What do you think about this story? Do you think that CEO did right with the Karen supervisor? If you have also been subjected to any kind of workplace conspiration, tell us in the comments section.
