Background - I've worked in the corporate world for my entire career. I'd been very fortunate to have great managers, mentors and role models up until a few years ago. I have a great reputation at work that I've worked hard on building and maintaining. I can say I am an honest hard working person who focuses on letting my own work/results speak for my reputation.
What changed was our division went through quite a bit of turmoils with bad management and they brought in a whole brand new team. Long story short, I got stabbed in the back by someone I hired, trained, mentored and trusted. As we went through trickled-down management changes, I was isolated and frankly 'kicked while down' dealing with personnel changes made hastily by upper management - my own team was told (by this person) to stop having 1:1 interactions with me while confusion w/r/t reporting structure lingered. I know the person had spoken ill of me in front of our new manager (the manager asked one of my colleagues if anybody would have a problem working for me, out of the blue). The person is a master of @ss-kissing AND back-stabbing with a great disguise with their southern charms. They are also very good at grabbing and building 'corporate estate' by building up a team that delivers very little but has a glossy/fancy job description. The new boss is head over heels and the person just got a promotion.
I'd like to think this kind of charade can't be kept for too long and that people like myself who truly focus on the work will be rewarded (although I've lost faith in the new boss having the ability to see through the smoke and screens). It sure is hard at times to keep the faith, especially this has felt like a personal betrayal at work. What is everyone else's experience if you've either personally or seen others dealt with this kind of events at work? Is it really what goes around comes around?!?
Thanks.
What changed was our division went through quite a bit of turmoils with bad management and they brought in a whole brand new team. Long story short, I got stabbed in the back by someone I hired, trained, mentored and trusted. As we went through trickled-down management changes, I was isolated and frankly 'kicked while down' dealing with personnel changes made hastily by upper management - my own team was told (by this person) to stop having 1:1 interactions with me while confusion w/r/t reporting structure lingered. I know the person had spoken ill of me in front of our new manager (the manager asked one of my colleagues if anybody would have a problem working for me, out of the blue). The person is a master of @ss-kissing AND back-stabbing with a great disguise with their southern charms. They are also very good at grabbing and building 'corporate estate' by building up a team that delivers very little but has a glossy/fancy job description. The new boss is head over heels and the person just got a promotion.
I'd like to think this kind of charade can't be kept for too long and that people like myself who truly focus on the work will be rewarded (although I've lost faith in the new boss having the ability to see through the smoke and screens). It sure is hard at times to keep the faith, especially this has felt like a personal betrayal at work. What is everyone else's experience if you've either personally or seen others dealt with this kind of events at work? Is it really what goes around comes around?!?
Thanks.