Woman Presents Coworker’s Work As Her Own, Gets Exposed Right In Front Of The CEO

An employee shared a story on Reddit of how a colleague tried to take credit for her hard work.

Reddit / u/Aiku

The story refers to a young woman who secured a job thanks to her father's connection with the CEO. This indicates that she might not have had the qualifications or experience required for the position, but got it anyway due to her family connections.

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Moreover, the woman was known to regularly blame her team for her own mistakes, which implies that she was not willing to take responsibility for her actions. 

Additionally, she was also known for taking credit of the hard work done by her team, which shows her selfish and unprofessional behavior. The woman cheated an employee by submitting her 15 pages report to the CEO claiming to be her own report.

Reddit / u/Aiku

These reports were quite comprehensive, spanning over 15 pages in length. 

The higher-ups in the company preferred paper reports over electronic ones, so the author would print them out and distribute them manually among the staff.

The employee who originally had made the report marched in there right after her, and said "Oh, Bitch, I just realized that my report has some numerical errors, let me have it back and I'll get you a revised one", all the while staring at the CEO with a slightly raised eyebrow.

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As the employee walked out of the CEO's office, she heard the CEO utter the most wonderful words she could have hoped for: "Aiku, would you please close the door as you leave?"

This made the employee(Aiku) feel relieved and validated, as she knew that the CEO had seen through the woman's deceitful behavior and recognized her hard work and honesty. Later many people commented on the post.

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Some also shared their experiences which were quite related to the post.

One said:  "My dad’s coworker tried to steal his programming code and take credit. At the meeting concerning the allegations… my dad asked why this guy's variables were named after people in our family. AKA Find Product [INT]$Riker = 9*9 [INT]$Picard = 10*10"

Another said: "I don't even need to read the rest to know this shit is gonna be good..."

Third said: "And that, kids, is how you professionally take down a credit-stealing coworker."

Another said: "I went to a meeting about some very detailed data I had gathered while working with a "team". This involved months of some very involved measurements over long periods of time being correlated to specific testing parameters. Lo and behold all of my work was presented with "we don't know who did this but this is great!" I stood up and said "Well I do, it was me" and looked at the "team lead" who had not given me any credit for it. My revenge was years later when he got walked out after three decades of working for that company."

Fifth commented: "Goddamn. I'm glad I've never had to deal with that, crap on a shingle, dude grabbed just enough rope to dangle on."

Another commented: "I had a lady in my group not do her part, I stayed up all night, did it, missed work, then she had the gall to get mad when I told the professor..."

It is typically not tolerated in any job to take credit for someone else's effort, which is an act of dishonesty. Some people still feel no regret about misrepresenting the hard work of others as their own, though.

Surprisingly, a poll by Office Teams found that almost 29% of workers have had their ideas or work stolen at the workplace. It is obvious that this is a problem that impacts many workplaces and has bad effects on the entire team, even though it may not always be as obvious as a particular story on Reddit.

This type of behavior has effects that go beyond simply denying someone the respect they deserve. As a result, the caliber of the work done may suffer as a result of resentment, discontent, and a lack of drive.