I was once falsely accused of embezzling thousands of dollars from a nonprofit I gave over a decade of service to, while paychecks came late on/off over six+ months. five years later, I’m still sometimes haunted by the entire experience. what’s the craziest thing someone has said about you at work and how did you deal with it?

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Someone once told me they could tell I really cared about the work we were doing and I honestly thought that was one of the most insane things I’ve ever heard. I dealt with it by feigning a smile and changing the subject.

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Sorry that happened to you. Odds are it was someone in the org C-suite that did it. “Non-profits” are famous for that.

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came back here just to say even though it has taken me this long to even mention it happened, albeit online, anon (and I’d obvi never mention it in interview), it feels so good to know I’m not crazy for thinking it was fucked up, and there had to have been some level of tactics on person’s part (they closed the entire position to save the $). Former mentor in the c-suite, so extra layers of nonsense and betrayal involved in processing it. Just feels like I’m finally moving past it.

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