I Stopped Training an Intern After She Told Me to, and Now the Truth Came Out
When we spent years at our job, we liked to think we got communication down to a tee. We build relationships with our coworkers, and they often help us strengthen our careers. But things don’t always work that way, as one of our readers found out.
Raven shared her story with us.
I have been at my current job for the last 8 years and I love it. But recently I was told to train one of our new interns, Liz. I was very happy that my manager picked me for the task because it was the first time I was given such a big responsibility.
But things didn’t go as well as I hoped. When Liz came in she acted like she already knew everything and within 2 days she asked me to stop the training. She felt like she knew enough to go out on her own. I was shocked but said it was fine.
Imagine my shock when one of my coworkers came to me a few days later and told me, “Liz didn’t want you to know this, but she had filed a complaint against you for not training her.” Turns out Liz sucked at the job, and she decided to blame me instead of herself.
Apparently she cost us a major client and got in trouble with the manager. But instead of saying something, she waited because she “wanted to enjoy the look on my face when I got the email from HR.”
