Anonymous
Post 08/22/2025 18:04     Subject: If you found out someone badmouthed you, and it resulted in job loss, would you address it months later?

If you confront her, she will deny it. Then, what will you do/say? I would recommend you move on and live your best life.
Anonymous
Post 08/22/2025 17:58     Subject: If you found out someone badmouthed you, and it resulted in job loss, would you address it months later?

Anonymous wrote:How certain are you that you're being told the truth? The only reason I ask is because you seem very surprised that this happened. Unfortunately I saw a similar situation happen at my old job, except the person with all the "evidence" and "the story" made everything up because of an issue with the other person. It was so ridiculously juvenile. Thankfully the person talked to the accused before much happened and it got straightened out pretty quickly.


100% certain.
Anonymous
Post 08/22/2025 17:51     Subject: If you found out someone badmouthed you, and it resulted in job loss, would you address it months later?

How certain are you that you're being told the truth? The only reason I ask is because you seem very surprised that this happened. Unfortunately I saw a similar situation happen at my old job, except the person with all the "evidence" and "the story" made everything up because of an issue with the other person. It was so ridiculously juvenile. Thankfully the person talked to the accused before much happened and it got straightened out pretty quickly.
Anonymous
Post 08/22/2025 17:12     Subject: If you found out someone badmouthed you, and it resulted in job loss, would you address it months later?

Anonymous wrote:We'd need context on your contract renewal. Were you the most recently hired teacher in your department? Do you know what the colleague was reporting you for? Give us more info about this. How did your end-of-year results compare with your colleagues? What kind of school did you move to?


My class was the highest performing with the best scores, despite having the most violent in the school.
The principal took the colleague/parents side and didn’t investigate or she’d see how great my class was.
She reported me for not teaching; I don’t have specifics.

I knew mid year I was leaving due to the violence and dysfunction. I had NO IDEA she was behind it!
Anonymous
Post 08/22/2025 17:02     Subject: If you found out someone badmouthed you, and it resulted in job loss, would you address it months later?

We'd need context on your contract renewal. Were you the most recently hired teacher in your department? Do you know what the colleague was reporting you for? Give us more info about this. How did your end-of-year results compare with your colleagues? What kind of school did you move to?
Anonymous
Post 08/22/2025 16:57     Subject: If you found out someone badmouthed you, and it resulted in job loss, would you address it months later?

Look forward, not backwards. You're in a better place now. Be grateful.
Anonymous
Post 08/22/2025 16:55     Subject: If you found out someone badmouthed you, and it resulted in job loss, would you address it months later?

I would stay in contact for a little bit and talk about how you are so thankful you were pushed to resign because your new job is so amazing. Then drop that friend
Anonymous
Post 08/22/2025 16:50     Subject: If you found out someone badmouthed you, and it resulted in job loss, would you address it months later?

Anonymous wrote:I would not bring it up. I would methodically do whatever I could to destroy that person’s life.


Ohhhh how?
Anonymous
Post 08/22/2025 16:49     Subject: If you found out someone badmouthed you, and it resulted in job loss, would you address it months later?

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:There are so many details we'd need to know before we could give our opinion.


Agree, need more info.


Teacher. School is incredibly dysfunctional; AP leaving mid year and many teachers leave every year. Violent students. I had a LOT of reasons for wanting to leave anyway, but then the principal came down on me HARD for my class being behind (they weren’t). Turns out my colleague, whose child was in my class, constantly reported me to the principal. All while sitting with me at lunch, talking, borrowing materials, etc. She never talked to me, but regularly went to the principal I suppose and the principal took the opportunity to not renew my contract (I resigned instead since I had another job).
Anonymous
Post 08/22/2025 16:46     Subject: If you found out someone badmouthed you, and it resulted in job loss, would you address it months later?

I would not bring it up. I would methodically do whatever I could to destroy that person’s life.
Anonymous
Post 08/22/2025 16:41     Subject: If you found out someone badmouthed you, and it resulted in job loss, would you address it months later?

Anonymous wrote:There are so many details we'd need to know before we could give our opinion.


Agree, need more info.
Anonymous
Post 08/22/2025 16:40     Subject: If you found out someone badmouthed you, and it resulted in job loss, would you address it months later?

If I had a chance to do them some harm, however small, I'd take it, but I wouldn't talk to them about it.
Anonymous
Post 08/22/2025 16:36     Subject: If you found out someone badmouthed you, and it resulted in job loss, would you address it months later?

There are so many details we'd need to know before we could give our opinion.
Anonymous
Post 08/22/2025 16:34     Subject: If you found out someone badmouthed you, and it resulted in job loss, would you address it months later?

Edit: anyway

Adding: I have a new job and I am thriving.
Anonymous
Post 08/22/2025 16:33     Subject: If you found out someone badmouthed you, and it resulted in job loss, would you address it months later?

Question in subject.

I recently found out that a colleague had complained about me and reported me, which eventually led to job loss.

This person was a colleague and friend…and I still see her around town (kids are on the same soccer team for example). I had no idea she was so horrible and two faced. We’ve been texting and friendly to each other. That obviously stops NOW, thanks to someone telling me what she did.

Granted, my job was HIGHLY dysfunctional and I was planning on leaving away. This just explains the dysfunction even more, knowing a “friend” was so two faced.

Would you say anything…? When you saw this person again?