They're in power for themselves and their disregard for us is by design.

Well, that certainly makes two of us man. I'd be lying to you if I said this was my first account lol. I'm in Illinois; I don't know what exactly made me think you were in the UK, but figured I'd ask.

This forum is definitely either abounds with people of a certain type of inclination, or is presided over by people with said inclinations; probably both. So I hear ya loud and clear.

I think you chose the right person to help; not, as we say in Spanish, because I'm the last Coca Cola in the desert, but because I like to be guided and taught. If someone calls me out on something I need to change, I only appreciate them more.

So again, I'm incredibly grateful for you taking the time, man. If you're in Illinois somewhere, let me know because I could use another hour or four of your wise counsel.

As you said, I'm literally experiencing "nice" people that are talking behind my back right now, so yeah, that definitely says something, as well.

Thank you for your thoughtful and edifying perspective. I really appreciate your words man. Feeling a lot better today, but still going through a lot of other things; it's a lonely road, but this is life. Other people are going through worse things. People like you and others in this comments section are a breath of fresh air to me, in my real, non-digital life.

Your last two paragraphs really slapped me in the face too, in a good way. When I think about it that way, it really does change how I view other people talking negative about me. People talk negative about me? Cool, I'll be someone who you can count on never being that way towards them.

I really appreciate your words. Where ever you are, God bless you and hope you're having a great day (I'm about to go get my third coffee #notashamed).

I'm literally re-reading your response because for me, it is something I need to study and internalize. This is serious, and I know I need to make some serious decisions in my life and change my perspective on certain things as well.

God bless you friend! I'm curious. Are you located in the UK?

There's a saying in Spanish that says, "Don't make firewood out of a fallen tree." You could learn a lot from that saying.

Maybe some will call me a troll or wierdo, but there's one thing I will never be: someone who makes firewood out of a fallen tree.

God bless you, as a person. I know we hide behind these screennames, but if I were standing in front of you, I would extend my hand and from the bottom of my heart, ask God to bless you, as a person, in real life.

I'm not perfect, so I can't blame you for addressing me as a troll. But I speak from the heart brother.

But I keep finding out that people go out of their way to say something negative about me. The way I find out is through my boss. My boss then addresses it with me.

Today I found out a former manager who worked here for only two months on our team told my boss that I was on my phone all day and taking call after call. I know what day this was because she even mentioned the topic I was talking about (i.e., I was getting a lumber quote for a personal project; call lasted maybe two minutes). That was the ONLY call I took that day, and I hate being on my phone during. So that was not true either.

Another person "told" on me, saying that I'm in the bathroom too much and that I they saw me on FaceTime. I have only taken one impromptu FaceTime call in 3+ years working here. I guess that's all it took.

Another Director gave me a slide deck to make into a training course. I am not going to give myself the discretion to change their content since they are the subject matter experts. So I make the training, and this director goes to talk to my boss about me, literally yelling, "Why would he turn in something with so many duplicitous sections." I was only basing the content off of what the Director gave me and was happy to change it at their request during the feedback phase. No, instead, I was immediately portrayed in a negative light.

What's crazy is that all the people that have gone out of their way to talk bad about me, are people that I have been relatively close to at work. When I had my second born, one of them referred to herself as the "corporate grandma" to my newborn. The other one gives me hugs when she hasn't seen my in a while. Another person that talked bad about me was my childhood friend.

They have talked bad about other colleagues in front of me and this made me learn a valuable lesson: those who talk bad about others to you, will talk bad about you to others.

I walked out of my one-on-one today with a heavy heart wondering how people could be this way. I'm trying to think of what I did to these people and I can objectively say that I have gone out of my way to be a team player, considerate, kind, and always positive.

I know I shouldn't care what people think or say, but even I don't understand why this has affected me so much. I won't lose any sleep over it, but I did have to hold the tears back.

Literally, nobody is my friend here. It's crazy how disloyal everyone is. There's no humanity. There's very few real relationships where there is a true care for one another.

I don't know man, I think I'm done with corporate. I love my job, my field, the work I do. But I've gone through this one too many times for me to believe that eventually I will walk into an organization where everyone is rooting for each other. I get it that this is life; the real world. But I'm not okay with it. It feels degrading.

I feel so alone at work. I feel like my job is in jeopardy now because all these people are in our Chief's ears, and it makes me think about my wife and kids and it breaks me to think that my ability to provide for them can disappear from one day to the next.

I think I'm done man. I love construction. I think I may just get started on building that up.

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