Coworker asks employee to clock her in early, then lets the employee get written up when she gets caught: ‘I won’t be helping her ever again’ – FAIL Blog

Most people in the coworker’s position would have been grateful to have the support of someone like the author. Even if things didn’t go their way and they still got in trouble with management, they likely would have stepped up and advocated on the author’s behalf to ensure that they would not take the fall for their mistake. 

Unfortunately, this coworker sounds like the kind of person who only cares about your situation if it benefits her. Since she received her own form of punishment, she had no desire to take on more ridicule, even if it meant that the author would get written up. 

Now, it is worth acknowledging that there are other adults in this scenario who could have recognized that the coworker was fully to blame. First, the author now knows that this person could not be trusted, but clearly, they could have advocated for themselves more to their manager. Once it became clear that the coworker was willing to throw them under the bus, the author should have stopped playing nice and defending her.

As for the manager, he also could have acknowledged that the coworker was fully at fault here and that the author was pressured to help her out. Sure, what the author did was against protocol, but it was minor, and it wasn’t their idea. Where do you fall on this issue? Sound off in the comments!