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That influencer who told me to "speak my truth" got me cancelled at work
A TikTok life coach with like 50k followers kept saying that being authentic means never holding back. I took her advice and called out my manager for taking credit for my project in our team meeting last month. Three days later I got pulled into HR and now I have a formal warning on my record. She deleted her account right after I sent her a DM asking for help. Has anyone else gotten burned by following advice from digital gurus who have zero real world consequences?
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oscarw8318d ago
And the fine print is usually "unless there's actual consequences involved" which is exactly what they never tell you. Funny how their "radical honesty" never applies when they're the ones who might get in trouble for it.
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willow4071mo ago
Three months ago I would've defended her but yeah that advice ruins real lives.
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rose_cooper1mo ago
Did you ever have a friend who took that advice and ended up ghosting everyone for months? It's rough watching people buy into that stuff without checking the fine print first.
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